Israel’s intervention escalated with more airstrikes and officials' comments, raising questions about what might come next and if the limited intervention will help the Druze. Violence continued in ...

The December 2024 fall of the Bashar al-Assad government marks a historic turning point for Syria, and after decades of ...

What is happening in Syria? When the civil war ended in Syria in 2024, the country entered into a period of transition and recovery. Nearly a million former refugees have returned to Syria, and 1.9 ...

In a major move that changes US policy on Syria, the American government has lifted many sanctions that were hurting the country’s economy. This decision comes after President Trump promised to help ...

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa [File: Khalil Ashawi/Reuters] The European Union has lifted economic sanctions on Syria in a bid to help the war-torn country’s recovery, the 27-nation bloc’s ...

Critics say Syria’s fledgling government is hobbling military preparedness as it redoes the country’s forces from scratch.

Following his landmark visit to the White House, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa threw cold water on the prospect of Syria joining the Abraham Accords, saying that conditions were premature for talks ...

A window of opportunity to help Syrians establish a stable, pluralistic state is open but will remain so only briefly. That is the assessment of Sean Callahan, the president and chief executive of ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Abdulrazak al-Jenan swept the dust off his solar panel on his apartment roof overlooking Damascus. Syria’s largest city was mostly pitch-black, the few speckles of light coming ...

While uncertain about life under the new Islamist-led government, Christians are providing spiritual and material aid to their neighbors Last year, Nahla Ishak drove about three hours from Damascus, ...

During his trip to the Middle East in mid-May, U.S. President Donald Trump did something extraordinary. On the Saudi leg of his four-day tour, the president issued a sweeping change to U.S. policy ...

Schoolchildren are not known for their love of homework. For Syrian refugees living in Lebanon, there are additional reasons not to do it. First, there is the language. In Lebanon, the curriculum is ...