Syria on Monday welcomed an EU decision to suspend "selected" sanctions on the country. "We welcome the EU’s decision to suspend selected sanctions on specific sectors and see this as a step toward alleviating the suffering of our people," Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani wrote on...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday that a new meeting between Russia and the US will take place later this week. Speaking at a news conference with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in Ankara, Lavrov said full-fledged Russia-US talks are set for this week to address...

The EU on Monday announced that it is suspending sanctions on Syria’s energy, transport, and banking sectors to aid the country’s reconstruction after the fall of the Bashar Assad regime. In a statement, the EU said the move aims to “facilitate engagement with Syria, its people, and...

Germany’s conservative alliance comprising the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU) have won the country’s parliamentary elections with 28.6% of the vote, according to official provisional results announced Monday by the Electoral Commission. The far-right...