US Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed his support Tuesday for President Donald Trump's plan for the US to “take over” the Gaza Strip. "Gaza MUST BE FREE from Hamas," Rubio wrote on X, adding the US "stands ready to lead and Make Gaza Beautiful Again." "Our pursuit is one of lasting...

The names of streets and memorials of the ousted Assad regime in Lebanon represent a heavy legacy that reflects an era of political dominance. Some streets, squares and memorials immortalized the names of figures such as Hafez al-Assad and his sons Basil and Bashar al-Assad. After the fall...

Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip "have no alternative" other than to flee the coastal enclave, US President Donald Trump said Tuesday, reiterating his demand that Egypt and Jordan host the displaced. "They have no alternative right now. I mean, they're there because they have no...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday described Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s visit to Ankara as a “historic” step toward the beginning of a period of “lasting friendship and cooperation” between the two countries.
 Speaking at a joint press conference with al-Sharaa, Erdogan...

Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian interim President Ahmad Al-Sharaa began their meeting at the Presidential Complex in the Turkish capital Ankara on Tuesday. The closed-door talks started at 1400GMT. Meanwhile, Türkiye's first lady Emine Erdogan met with Sharaa's wife,...

Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are expected to discuss a joint defense pact in Ankara on Tuesday, including establishing Turkish airbases in central Syria and training for Syria’s new army, four sources familiar with the matter said. NATO member...

Qatar on Monday launched an air bridge from Jordan to deliver urgent medical supplies to Gaza, where hospitals face severe shortages due to more than 15 months of Israeli genocide. 
 According to a Qatari Foreign Ministry statement, the operation began from King Abdullah II Airbase in Jordan,...

The Israeli army on Tuesday demolished a Palestinian home near Salfit city in the northern occupied West Bank, citing the usual pretext of lack of a construction permit. The Israeli demolition comes amid ongoing Israeli offensive in the northern West Bank, during which dozens of Palestinians...

At least 44 civilians were killed and 28 wounded in an attack by a faction of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu on Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan state in southern Sudan, authorities announced Monday. The SPLM-N has been fighting the...

President Ahmed al-Sharaa confirmed that the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime within 11 days was the result of five years of careful planning in the northern Idlib province, which included unifying factions and absorbing different forces. In an interview with Syria TV on Monday, al-Sharaa...

Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa said his government aims to restore ties with the United States in the coming days but has not yet had any contact with the Trump administration, according to an interview with The Economist. Al-Sharaa, declared Syria’s head of state last week, also noted...

Hamas is ready to begin talks on the details of a second phase of the ongoing truce in Gaza, two officials from the Palestinian militant group told AFP on Monday. “Hamas has informed the mediators, during ongoing communications and meetings held with Egyptian mediators last week in Cairo,...

The Kremlin said on Monday that Russia is continuing to talk to the Syrian authorities about various subjects, including the fate of Moscow’s two military bases in the country. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov travelled to Damascus last week for the first talks with Syria’s...

Syria’s interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa will visit Turkey on Tuesday on his second international visit since the toppling of Bashar al-Assad in December, the Turkish presidency said. Al-Sharaa “will pay a visit to Ankara on Tuesday at the invitation of our President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,”...

A car bomb on Monday killed 20 people, mostly women farm workers, in the northern Syrian city of Manbij where Kurdish forces are battling Turkey-backed groups, state media reported. Citing White Helmet rescuers, SANA news agency said there had been a “massacre” on a local road, with “the...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Sunday said Ankara will not tolerate terrorism in Syria under any circumstances. "There is no way we will tolerate the continuation of terrorism in Syria," Fidan told a joint news conference with his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al...

Syrian security forces seized weapons shipments prepared for smuggling to Lebanon via land routes in the Talkalakh area of ​​Homs province, the Syrian Interior Ministry said on Sunday. According to a statement by the ministry, the Border Security Administration confiscated several weapons...

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received on Sunday Syria’s newly-appointed President, Ahmed al-Sharaa, who arrived in the Kingdom earlier in the day on his first official visit abroad since his appointment as the country’s transitional president. Pictures shared by the Saudi...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared to leave for the US on Sunday for a meeting with US President Donald Trump, looking to strengthen ties with Washington after tensions with the previous White House administration over the war in Gaza. Netanyahu, the first foreign leader to...

Syria’s newly-appointed President, Ahmed al-Sharaa, landed in Saudi Arabia on Sunday in his first official visit abroad since his appointment as the country’s transitional president. Earlier on Sunday, Syrian news agency, SANA, posted a picture of al-Sharaa accompanied by Foreign Minister...