Syria signed a $7 billion energy deal on Thursday with a consortium of Qatari, Turkish and US companies as it seeks to revive the war-torn country’s crippled power sector. The agreement was sealed at the presidential palace in Damascus in the presence of President Ahmed al-Sharaa and US...

Cyprus is to launch a repatriation scheme for Syrian families who revoke their asylum claims, allowing one adult member to stay on the island and work, a minister said Thursday. Migration Minister Nicholas Ioannides said the financial incentives, beginning next month, would be for a...

The Trump administration plans to finalize as soon as Wednesday a new written agreement that may form the basis for a potential Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, a senior aide told reporters. “We are on the precipice of sending out a new term sheet that hopefully will be...

The European Union sanctioned on Wednesday three Syrian militia groups and two of their leaders for serious human-rights abuses over their alleged involvement in deadly ethnic violence in March. More than 1,700 people were killed in attacks mostly targeting the Alawite community, which is...