President Vladimir Putin sent a message to Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa backing efforts to ensure Syria’s territorial integrity and offering Russia’s “practical cooperation” on a whole range of issues, the Kremlin said on Thursday. The fall in December of President Bashar al-Assad...

Germany reopened its embassy in Damascus on Thursday, 13 years after it was shut in the early days of Syria’s civil war. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock reopened the embassy during a visit to Damascus, her second since the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad in December, German...

Israeli air strikes pounded Gaza, killing 400 people, Palestinian health authorities said on Tuesday, and threatening a complete collapse of a two-month ceasefire as it vowed to use force to free its remaining hostages in the strip. Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said he had...

Israel’s military said on Monday it was striking military sites in southern Syria, as the country’s health ministry reported three killed in an Israeli strike near the southern city of Daraa. “The IDF (military) is currently striking military targets in southern Syria, including...