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New assessment of Iran strike, Trump rejected more punishing campaign, Zelensky appoints new U.S. emissary, Petraeus: U.S.

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, ...

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 ...

For weeks, Israel has engaged in back-channel talks over a diplomatic agreement with the Syrian government. Its strikes on ...

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 ...

President Ahmed al-Shara said the airstrike on Damascus threatened to escalate sectarian violence, in his sharpest criticism ...

Sham's terror designation, following the decision to lift Syria sanctions in order to aid its reconstruction after HTS ousted ...