Syria

Syria’s new leaders announced Tuesday that they had reached an agreement with the country’s rebel groups on their dissolution and integration under the defence ministry. Absent from the meeting were representatives of the US-backed, Kurdish-led forces...

Turkey’s interior minister claimed Tuesday that since Islamist-led HTS rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad, more than 25,000 Syrians have left Turkey and returned home. Nearly three million refugees have made Turkey their home since the civil conflict...

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in Christian areas of Damascus early Tuesday to protest the burning of a Christmas tree near Hama in central Syria, AFP journalists witnessed. “We demand the rights of Christians,”...

The United Nations told the leader of the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group which toppled Bashar al-Assad that Syria must have a “credible and inclusive” transition. The UN special envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen who arrived...

Anglo-The massive Australian mining company Rio Tinto said Thursday that it would invest $2.5 billion to increase its production of lithium carbonate, a crucial component of batteries for electric vehicles, in Argentina. “Rio Tinto has approved...

More than a million people, primarily women and children, have been newly displaced in Syria since rebels launched an offensive to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, the United Nations humanitarian agency said Thursday. Since the escalation of...

Following the overthrow of the Damascus government by Islamists backed by Ankara, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken informed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday that Syrian civilians must be protected. Shortly after the Turkish...

In a virtual meeting on Friday, G7 leaders will talk about the significant changes taking place in Syria, where the interim government has promised to impose the “rule of law” following years of abuses under former...

As Islamist-led rebels stormed into Damascus on Sunday, President Bashar al-Assad fled Syria, sparking celebrations throughout the nation and beyond at the end of his repressive regime. Late on Sunday, Russian news outlets reported that Assad...

Syria’s ousted president Bashar al-Assad and his family are in Moscow, Russian news agencies announced Sunday evening citing a Kremlin source, hours after he fled the country as Islamist-led rebels entered Damascus. The announcement comes as...