For weeks, Ziad Abu al-Dahab has been training for gold at an equestrian tournament near Damascus -- in a sport once ...

Syrian officials and economic experts have affirmed that lifting sanctions on Syria would offer a genuine opportunity for the ...

Syria on Saturday announced the formation of a national commission for missing persons and another for transitional justice, more than five months after the ouster of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.

Jolani was a prisoner in Camp Bucca, the US prison in Iraq, for several years until released in 2011, ‘coincidentally’ at the ...

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The US had already removed the reward for his capture, and the Syrian president has been able to travel internationally and meet world leaders, including in Saudi Arabia and France. The new Syrian ...

Trump met yesterday with President Ahmed al-Shara, another milestone in Syria’s bid to break out of its isolation. It was the ...

President Trump signed deals with Saudi Arabia and Qatar and reached out to Syria and Iran. But Palestinians got nothing, and ...

Much has been made in recent weeks of the signs of unrest among two pieces of Syria’s ethnic and confessional mosaic. Commentators in the West have pounced on recent violent clashes between government ...

France already has a long-term deal to modernize and operate the port of Latakia, Syria's main maritime gateway, with other investments now likely. It's unclear whether the US and the EU will also ...

Last week, France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, offered a diplomatic boost to Mr. al-Shara, as the first European leader to host the Syrian president in his capital, vowing to gradually lift ...

The “cessation of sanctions” will give Syria “a fresh start”, Trump said ... with the “E3” nations of Britain, France, and Germany in attendance. Later on Wednesday, Trump travelled ...