Israel claimed on Saturday it has already set back Iran’s presumed nuclear program by at least two years, a day after US President Donald Trump warned that Tehran has a “maximum” of two weeks to avoid possible American air strikes. Trump has been mulling whether to involve the United...

More than 273,000 Syrians who fled their country’s civil war to neighboring Turkey have returned home since the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad in December, Turkey’s vice-president said Friday. “The number of people who have voluntarily returned to Syria since December 8, 2024...

Turkey is training and advising Syria’s armed forces and helping improve its defenses, and has no immediate plans for the withdrawal or relocation of its troops stationed there, Defense Minister Yasar Guler told Reuters. Turkey has emerged as a key foreign ally of Syria’s new government...

Trading resumed on the Damascus Securities Exchange Monday after a six-month closure, as Syria’s new leaders attempt to shore up the country’s battered economy and begin rebuilding after nearly 14 years of civil war. The stock exchange had closed during the chaotic days leading up to...