Two informed sources said that Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani met with senior US State Department officials in New York on Tuesday, as Damascus seeks a clear roadmap from Washington for permanent sanctions relief. Shibani is visiting the United States to attend meetings at the...

Israeli warplanes last year intercepted Iranian aircraft headed toward Syria, preventing them from delivering troops meant to assist the country’s embattled president at the time, Bashar al-Assad, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday. The remarks in a speech gave a new...

US President Donald Trump on Saturday urged free transit for American commercial and military ships through the Panama and Suez canals, tasking his secretary of state with making progress “immediately.” Trump has for months been calling for the US to take control of the Panama Canal, but...

The Kurdish National Dialogue Conference issued a final statement on Saturday, presenting its political vision for the future of the new Syria. It emphasized the importance of fully recognizing the national rights of the Kurdish people within the framework of a federal state. The statement...