Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa said that "the liberation battle has been completed" and that the country has now entered the "reconstruction phase." He noted that the city of Aleppo "represents the key to Syrian victory." This came in a speech he delivered during his participation in the...

DAMASCUS: Israel and Syria are in direct contact and have in recent weeks held face-to-face meetings aimed at calming tensions and preventing conflict in the border region between the two longtime foes, five people familiar with the matter said. The contacts mark a significant development...

Syrian Interior Ministry spokesman Noureddine al-Baba confirmed that the fall of the former regime led to increased activity by ISIS, which exploited the resulting chaos to obtain weapons from the remnants of the ousted regime. He pointed out that the organization attempted to infiltrate...

In a country exhausted by war and poverty, citizens are emerging from the oppression of the Assad regime—and are using metal detectors. Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in December, residents of Damascus have noticed new faces roaming the streets at night, their owners carrying...