Since the outbreak of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Damascus has seized on the ...

Syria's new government has deliberately not become directly involved in the Iran war. It's presenting itself as neutral and as a possible solution to the Strait of Hormuz blockade.

As much of the Middle East has been plunged into chaos and conflict by the war in Iran, Syria stands out as a country seeking to avoid conflict. Syria has emerged from a decade-long civil war with the ...

Syria’s Information Minister Hamza al-Mustafa on Wednesday welcomed the country’s sharp rise in the 2026 World Press Freedom ...

On June 30, 2025, the President signed an Executive Order (EO) lifting sanctions on Syria and directing the U.S. Department of State (DOS) and the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) to relax or suspend ...

Syria is at a crossroads. It recently held elections for its new parliament. The elections didn’t involve mass voting, but rather a type of electoral college in which only a small number of people ...

Once a member of al Qaeda and the Islamic State and now leading Syria’s fragile transition since toppling the Bashar Assad regime, Ahmed al-Sharaa is ready to take to the global center stage at the ...