Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said on Friday from Damascus that his country was engaged in an active dialogue with Europe and the US to help lift economic sanctions imposed on Syria. Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat landed in Syria on Friday, in his first visit to Damascus...

German Christian Democratic Union candidate Friedrich Merz has announced a tough programme on refugees and migration on his first day as chancellor – if he wins in February. Merz, 69, will reject all migrants without valid entry documents at the German border and stop asylum seekers from...

Syrian forces captured 15 fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) after violent clashes near oil wells in the "Al-Raqqa" desert south of Raqqa, northeastern Syria, activists said on Thursday. The forces affiliated with the new administration made significant field progress in the...

A civilian was killed and seven injured in a terror attack in the Manbij district of Syria, which is under the control of the Syrian National Army (SNA), security sources said. A bomb in a vehicle exploded on Aleppo Street in the district. Security measures in the area have been heightened...