Emancipation through colonialism That changed in the early 20th century during the French colonial period in Syria. As part of their "divide and conquer" policy, the French split local Alawite and ...

The French and German foreign ministers have met Syria’s new leaders and called for an inclusive transition of power, in the first visit by European Union ministers to Syria since the Assad ...

N'DJAMENA, Chad — France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after the former French colony in central Africa broke off its defense cooperation ...

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said “Our goal at this conference is to help the Syrians, and we want a free, sovereign, unified and stable Syria and for this reason we need to ...

French authorities also accuse Assad of complicity in crimes against humanity. Syria's civil war, which began in 2011 with Assad's crackdown on protesters, has killed more than half a million ...

PARIS (Reuters) - French special forces are advising rebels on the ground in northern Syria in an offensive against Islamic State fighters for control of the border town of Manbij, the military ...

Syria's new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa (C), meets with Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (L) and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot at the presidential palace in Damascus.

The Syrian General Authority for Land and Sea Ports has announced the signing of an agreement with CMA CGM, the French shipping ... by the new governing power in Syria, Islamist group Hay'at ...

The EU's decision last month to suspend sanctions on Syria was a step in the right direction, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in a Friday night ...