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The United States said it did not support recent Israeli strikes on Syria and had made clear its displeasure, while Syrian ...
This escalation threatens Washington’s nascent normalization track with Syria’s interim president, and former jihadist Ahmed al‑Sharaa. President Trump publicly courted Sharaa in Riyadh in May, ...
Israel strikes Damascus, ICE gets Medicaid access, and global flashpoints heat up from Syria to Taiwan. Catch up on today’s ...
President Donald Trump signed an executive order lifting most US sanctions on Syria this week, cementing a sea change in his ...
In Syria, violence continued between rival factions even after a ceasefire deal. Government troops withdrew overnight from a ...
US policy is to have one Syria and one army there and not support federalism. US Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack has a clear ...
President Ahmed al-Shara said the airstrike on Damascus threatened to escalate sectarian violence, in his sharpest criticism ...
Syrian government forces have started withdrawing from the southern province of Sweida following days of vicious clashes with ...
Sharply escalating tensions in Syria appeared to ease on Thursday following a new ceasefire, a day after Israel bombed ...
For weeks, Israel has engaged in back-channel talks over a diplomatic agreement with the Syrian government. Its strikes on Damascus this week highlight a lack of strategic clarity.
Sham's terror designation, following the decision to lift Syria sanctions in order to aid its reconstruction after HTS ousted ...