The Syrian Minister of Defense in the caretaker government, Major General Morhaf Abu Qasra, met on Thursday with the leaders of the US-backed Free Syria Army, which is stationed in the Tanf military garrison. Engineer Abu Qasra met with the army commander "Salem Al-Antari", his chief of...

Lebanon’s parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday. The presidency, reserved for a Maronite Christian in Lebanon’s sectarian power-sharing system, has been vacant since Michel Aoun’s term ended in October 2022, with deeply divided factions unable to agree on...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Syria announced that more than 125,000 Syrian refugees have returned to their country after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime. This came in a post by the representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in...

Battles between Turkish-backed groups, supported by airstrikes, and Kurdish-led forces killed 37 people on Thursday in Syria’s northern Manbij region, a war monitor said. The latest reported fighting comes despite the United States saying Wednesday that it was working to address...