A US defense official told Al Arabiya English on Wednesday that Washington’s vetted Syrian partners are well-trained, well-equipped, and prepared to prevent any resurgence of ISIS in Syria, even as American forces continue to withdraw from the country. Earlier this week, US officials...

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...

Syrian authorities insisted Wednesday they would “never be a threat” to anyone in the region, after Israel bombed the country’s south in retaliation for overnight rocket fire on the Golan Heights. Israeli media said the projectiles were the first launched from Syria into Israeli...

Syrian Finance Minister Mohammad Yaser Barnieh discussed with his Qatari counterpart, Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari, ways and mechanisms to develop financial and economic cooperation between Syria and Qatar on Tuesday in Doha. The state-run news agency (SANA) reported that the meeting discussed...