The names of streets and memorials of the ousted Assad regime in Lebanon represent a heavy legacy that reflects an era of political dominance. Some streets, squares and memorials immortalized the names of figures such as Hafez al-Assad and his sons Basil and Bashar al-Assad. After the fall...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday described Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s visit to Ankara as a “historic” step toward the beginning of a period of “lasting friendship and cooperation” between the two countries.
 Speaking at a joint press conference with al-Sharaa, Erdogan...

Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian interim President Ahmad Al-Sharaa began their meeting at the Presidential Complex in the Turkish capital Ankara on Tuesday. The closed-door talks started at 1400GMT. Meanwhile, Türkiye's first lady Emine Erdogan met with Sharaa's wife,...

Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa said his government aims to restore ties with the United States in the coming days but has not yet had any contact with the Trump administration, according to an interview with The Economist. Al-Sharaa, declared Syria’s head of state last week, also noted...

Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are expected to discuss a joint defense pact in Ankara on Tuesday, including establishing Turkish airbases in central Syria and training for Syria’s new army, four sources familiar with the matter said. NATO member...

President Ahmed al-Sharaa confirmed that the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime within 11 days was the result of five years of careful planning in the northern Idlib province, which included unifying factions and absorbing different forces. In an interview with Syria TV on Monday, al-Sharaa...

Syria’s interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa will visit Turkey on Tuesday on his second international visit since the toppling of Bashar al-Assad in December, the Turkish presidency said. Al-Sharaa “will pay a visit to Ankara on Tuesday at the invitation of our President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,”...

The Kremlin said on Monday that Russia is continuing to talk to the Syrian authorities about various subjects, including the fate of Moscow’s two military bases in the country. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov travelled to Damascus last week for the first talks with Syria’s...

A car bomb on Monday killed 20 people, mostly women farm workers, in the northern Syrian city of Manbij where Kurdish forces are battling Turkey-backed groups, state media reported. Citing White Helmet rescuers, SANA news agency said there had been a “massacre” on a local road, with “the...

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received on Sunday Syria’s newly-appointed President, Ahmed al-Sharaa, who arrived in the Kingdom earlier in the day on his first official visit abroad since his appointment as the country’s transitional president. Pictures shared by the Saudi...

Syria’s newly-appointed President, Ahmed al-Sharaa, landed in Saudi Arabia on Sunday in his first official visit abroad since his appointment as the country’s transitional president. Earlier on Sunday, Syrian news agency, SANA, posted a picture of al-Sharaa accompanied by Foreign Minister...

Gunmen killed at least 10 people, including dissolved army officers, on Friday in an attack on a village from former president Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite minority, in what the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights called a "massacre". The war monitor said the attacks “bear all the hallmarks of...

At least three civilians killed and several injured in a car bomb explosion in the center of Manbij city in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, local activists reported on Saturday. The blast is the seventh in the past five weeks. Activists believe that such...

Baden-Württemberg Justice Minister Marion Jentings has called for reconstruction aid in Syria to be linked to the new Syrian government's cooperation in returning refugees. "Any support for reconstruction must be conditional on the new authorities' commitment to creating suitable conditions...

The Syrian General Security announced today, Friday, the arrest of Brigadier General "Atef Najib", the former head of the Political Security Branch in Daraa, who arrested children in Daraa in 2011 for writing the phrase "Your turn has come, Doctor (Bashar al-Assad)" on the walls of their...

The exchange rate of the Syrian pound has achieved a record jump, rising to an unprecedented level in more than 18 months. The exchange rate of the Syrian pound against the dollar in the capital, Damascus, rose by about 11.89%, in the daily transactions, for Thursday. The dollar fell in...

President Donald Trump on Thursday said the US "will make a determination" regarding the troops in Syria following a report that said he intends to withdraw American forces. "I don't know who said that, but we'll make a determination on that," Trump told reporters at the White House. "We're...

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in his first speech after being declared interim president:  -"In the coming period, we will focus on setting our priorities within the following: 1. Achieving civil peace and pursuing the criminals who shed Syrian blood and committed...

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have congratulated Ahmed al-Sharaa on his appointment as Syria’s interim president, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Thursday. Syria’s new authorities announced Wednesday that al-Sharaa, who took power...

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said discussions with a Qatari delegation in Damascus Thursday included reconstruction in the war-torn country, during the first visit by a head of state since Bashar al-Assad’s ouster. The trip by Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, less than two...