Mouaz Moustafa says Gabbard’s response to Assad’s atrocities is a worrisome sign of how she’d serve as director of national intelligence.

The United States appears intent on keeping its counterterrorism alliance with the Kurds in post-Assad Syria despite the strains it is causing with ally Turkey.

Shobaki also emphasised that Jordanian agricultural products and essential commodities can effectively and sustainably meet Syria’s market demands. Jordan is also looking to contribute to Syria’s energy sector by supplying electricity and helping to rehabilitate its damaged power grids.

For weeks, Iranian officials have downplayed the fall of their ally in Syria. But an important general has offered a remarkably candid view of the blow to Iran, and its military’s prospects.

The U.S. will keep HTS on the list of terrorist organizations for the remainder of President Biden’s tenure, leaving the decision to Donald Trump, officials say.

A S REBELS STORMED across Syria late last year, eventually toppling the country’s dictator, Bashar al-Assad, some were accompanied by fighters from a foreign militant organisation—one with ambitions that extend far beyond Damascus.

A severely malnourished baby makes a full recovery, with vital assistance from a UNICEF-supported mobile health and nutrition team.

A U.S. sanctions exemption for transactions with governing institutions in Syria is welcome, but "much more significant work ... will inevitably be necessary," the U.N. special envoy on Syria, Geir Pedersen,

Syria will take its time to organise a landmark national dialogue conference to ensure that the preparations include all segments of Syrian society, Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani said on Tuesday,

The decision by the outgoing Biden administration will send a signal of goodwill to Syria's new Islamist rulers.

The authorization comes after rebels toppled the Syrian government last month and is intended to allow humanitarian groups to operate more freely without running afoul of U.S. sanctions.