Druze residents near Syria’s capital are resisting a demand by the government to hand in their light weapons, saying authorities have yet to address fears of new attacks by militants after days of sectarian violence. Clashes last week pitted fighters against armed Druze residents of the...

At Basel al-Sati’s souvenir shop in a central Damascus market, socks bearing caricatures that ridicule ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and his once feared family now sell like hot cakes. “I want to bring joy to people who’ve been deprived of happiness for so many days and...

US President Donald Trump said Monday that he held a “very good and productive” phone call with Turkey’s President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, about the Russia-Ukraine war, Syria, Gaza, “and more.” The two had a solid relationship during Trump’s first term at the White House....

The voluntary return of Syrians to their country has continued through the Öncüpınar crossing in Turkey's Kilis province, opposite the Bab al-Salam crossing in Syria's Aleppo province, since the overthrow of the Bashar al-Assad regime in late 2024. The Öncüpınar crossing is one of the...