The Kurdish forces guarding ISIS fighters at a jail in northern Syria say they are opposed to handing the facility to the new rulers in Damascus as they brace for attacks by the ultra-hardline group and monitor its attempts to re-emerge. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a...

The European Union on Tuesday announced a 60 million euro ($62 million) support package for Lebanon’s armed forces, as the crisis-hit country seeks to implement a fragile truce between Israel and Hezbollah. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the aid came “at a critical juncture...

The General Authority of Tartous Port has cancelled the investment contract with the Russian company controlling the port and asked the Russian port employees to leave the country immediately. The Syrian newspaper Al-Watan quoted the Director of Tartous Customs, Riyad Judi, on Sunday as...

US President Donald Trump on Monday began to issue what is expected to be a flurry of executive orders and directives, as he sought to put his stamp on his new administration on matters ranging from energy to immigration. Two sources familiar with the plans said more than 200 such orders and...