US President Donald Trump’s envoy for Syria said Tuesday he held “great” meetings with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and the leader of Kurdish forces, just hours after heavy clashes between the two sides erupted. Both sides agreed to a comprehensive ceasefire, according to US...

Syria announced a comprehensive ceasefire with Kurdish forces after a meeting Tuesday between Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi that followed deadly clashes in the northern city of Aleppo. Syria’s authorities, who took power last year after the ouster of...

Despite the rapid collapse of Bashar al-Assad's regime in December 2024, which was widely linked to the Captagon trade as one of its main sources of income, combating this illicit industry remains a major challenge for the new Syrian authorities and the regional and international community....

Violent clashes with heavy weapons erupted on Monday between the Syrian army and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) around the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh neighborhoods of Aleppo city, resulting in deaths and injuries among security personnel and civilians. The clashes closed...