The EU led the way on pledging aid for Syria on Monday at a donor drive in Brussels – but the call for funding to help the war-torn country after Bashar al-Assad’s ouster risked falling short of last year as US support dries up. Western and regional powers are desperate to steer Syria...

Syrian troops exchanged fire with Lebanese soldiers and armed groups in northeast Lebanon overnight and into Monday in a new round of clashes along the border. There have been frictions along the mountainous frontier in the months since opposition forces toppled Syria’s Bashar al-Assad,...

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaya Kallas called for moving forward with lifting sanctions imposed on Syria since the ousted Assad regime. This came in a statement to reporters ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday. Kallas said...

Germany is pledging a further 300 million euros ($326 million) in aid for Syrians through the United Nations and select organizations, said Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Monday, ahead of an EU-led donor conference in Brussels. More than half of the funds provided will benefit the...