He's a former al-Qaeda member, but on Wednesday, new Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa stood on the world stage with President ...

President Trump announced this week he will drop sanctions on Syria — surprising some senior U.S. sanctions officials, ...

The Cypriot village of Kormakitis is the last bastion of a language once spoken by tens of thousands of people. Maronites are ...

Syria opposed the formation of Israel and went to war with it following its declaration of statehood. Syria signed an armistice agreement with Israel in 1949, but a new source of friction, the ...

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will ease sanctions on Syria and move to normalize relations with its new government to give the country "a chance at peace." ...

When the leader of Syria shook hands with U.S. President Donald Trump, it was a striking moment for a man who was an al-Qaida ...

Trump received a lavish welcome on Tuesday in Riyadh, where he announced he would move to lift sanctions on Syria to give the country “a chance at peace.” He also focused on dealmaking with the ...

The developments announced by Trump on Tuesday were a major boost for the Syrian president, who was previously imprisoned in Iraq for his role in the insurgency following the 2003 US-led invasion of ...

President Donald Trump will meet with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, the onetime insurgent who last year led the overthrow of former leader Bashar Assad.