A visiting UN official said on Saturday that Syria's authorities should begin the process of economic recovery, without waiting for Western sanctions imposed under Bashar al-Assad's rule to be lifted. The new government has been pushing for Assad-era sanctions to be removed to revive the...

Syria’s president on Saturday received a Republican member of Congress in the first visit to the country by American legislators since the ouster of former leader Bashar Assad in December. State news agency SANA did not give details about the meeting between President Ahmad al-Sharaa and...

Two US Congress members landed in Damascus on Friday to meet Syrian officials, the first visit by American lawmakers to the war-ravaged country since Bashar al-Assad was ousted from power by an opposition-led group offensive in December. The two are US Representatives Cory Mills of Florida,...

This year marks the fourteenth anniversary of the Hour Sit-in, the first time Syrians have been freed from the Assad regime. The Hour Sit-in in Homs on April 18, 2011, remains a crucial turning point in the Syrian revolution, as the regime blatantly bared its teeth to crush any peaceful...