His arrival marks a stunning new chapter for the war-torn country, which has spent the better part of the last several ...

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani raised his country’s new flag at the United Nations headquarters in New York and to attend a U.N. Security Council briefing ...

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani attended a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Friday, working to allay concerns about the transitional government in Damascus during his first ...

Tough US sanctions imposed during Assad's rule remain in place. In January, the US issued a six-month exemption for some sanctions to encourage aid.