U.S., French and German envoys have warned Syria's new Islamist rulers that their appointment of foreign jihadists to senior ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile. Those who know him ...

For Israel, this evolving situation presents a serious dilemma. Jerusalem remains deeply suspicious of the new government in ...

Forces allied with Syria's new interim government have intensified ground attacks in an attempt to take two main dams in the ...

The U.S. will keep HTS on the list of terrorist organizations for the remainder of President Joe Biden’s tenure, leaving the ...

The Biden administration has eased sanctions blocking transactions with the transitional Syrian government following the ...

Iran poured billions of dollars and sent thousands of soldiers and militia fighters to support the regime of Bashar al-Assad ...

On December 8, 2024, jihadist forces led by the al-Qaeda-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) seized power, creating new threats to the rights and lives of Christians, Alawites and other minorities.

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The violence continued in the coastal city of Tartus, where deadly clashes broke out between members of the HTS administration’s "interior ministry" and protesters. In addition to the protests against ...

The country's de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has said the HTS group which overthrew the Assad regime would not repress any minorities in the new administration. Some of Syria's former rebel ...

The announcement was made by US Assistant Secretary of State Barbara Leaf on Friday. This came after a US delegation visited the Syrian capital to meet with the HTS officials, including its leader ...