BRUSSELS: EU chief Ursula von der Leyen will visit Syria later this week on a first trip to the country since the fall of Bashar Assad, a spokeswoman said Monday. Von der Leyen will head to Syria as part of a tour of the Middle East that will also see her visit Jordan and Lebanon, […]
Read MoreANKARA: Jailed Turkish Kurd leader Abdullah Ocalan said Tuesday that it was “crucial” for Turkiye’s government to broker a peace deal between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Damascus government. Clashes between Syrian forces and the SDF have cast doubt over a deal to integrate the group’s fighters into the army, which was […]
Read MoreANKARA: Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Thursday that Turkiye did not want to resort to military action again against Syria’s Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), but warned that the patience of the actors involved was running out over what he described as delays in implementing an integration deal. “We just hope that things go […]
Read MoreDAMASCUS: Syria strongly condemned the terrorist attack that targeted a joint patrol of Syrian security forces and US forces near the city of Palmyra on Saturday, extending its condolences to the families of the victims as well as to the US government and people, the Syrian News Agency reported. Earlier, Palmyra in the Homs countryside […]
Read MoreRIYADH: Kosovan President Vjosa Osmani has sent her congratulations to the Syrian people as Syria celebrated Liberation Day marking a year since the ouster of Bashar Assad. “Happy Liberation Day to all the people of Syria. It is with profound honor that I address you today on behalf of the people and the institutions of […]
Read MoreDAMASCUS: Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa vowed to usher in an era of justice and coexistence a year after the overthrow of Bashar Assad, with tens of thousands taking to the streets to mark the anniversary. Sharaa’s alliance launched a lightning offensive in late November last year and took Damascus on December 8, bringing a sudden […]
Read MoreLONDON: Syrian Foreign Affairs Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani raised the new flag of the Syrian Arab Republic at the country’s embassy in London on Thursday, marking the reopening of the diplomatic building after 12 years of closure. Following the collapse of Bashar Assad’s regime nearly a year ago, the new authorities in Damascus adopted a white, […]
Read MoreSyria has foiled two separate Islamic State plots to assassinate President Ahmed al-Sharaa, two senior officials said, adding a personal dimension to the leader’s plans to join a US-led coalition to fight the militant group that he has long battled. The sources, a senior Syrian security official and a senior Middle Eastern official, said the […]
Read MoreThe United States on Friday formally removed Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa from a terrorism blacklist, days before the former jihadist is set to make a landmark visit to Washington. The move announced by the State Department was widely expected as Sharaa cooperates with the United States, and comes a day after Washington led a vote […]
Read MoreMANAMA: United States Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack said on Saturday that Syrian President Ahmed Sharaa was expected to visit Washington. During the visit, Syria would “hopefully” join the US-led coalition to defeat Daesh, Barrack told reporters on the sidelines of the Manama Dialogue in Bahrain, an annual global security and geopolitical conference. Asked […]
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