"To be honest, the Alawites clearly ask for international protection," a former Syrian diplomat told Newsweek.

"The American role was a positive role and in the interest of Syria and the Syrians," an SDF political wing adviser told ...

Major US Sanctions are a major barrier to reconstruction in Syria. With violence erupting on the country’s coast, US ...

Fighting erupted along the border between Lebanon and Syria overnight into Monday, Syrian state media reported, after three Syrian soldiers were killed in earlier clashes. The violence ...

But HTS does not control the south, near Israel's northeast border ... withdrawal" from Syria, according to a statement during a national dialogue on Tuesday. The map from the Institute for ...

Armed forces belonging to Syria’s new administration made a five-kilometer incursion at 2am Tuesday into the Lebanese part of the border town of Hawsh al-Sayyed Ali and continued their advance in the ...

In the last few days, open source maps showed Russia piercing the frontline and carving ... reconnaissance groups and infantry trying to pierce into the Sumy region in northeastern Ukraine across the ...

The EU lacks cohesive governance to deploy economic statecraft tools, such as sanctions and export controls, undermining ...

But 400 miles away in northeastern Syria, a region beyond the control of the Damascus government, battles that have been going on for years are still raging. Drones buzz overhead day and night ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Syria’s interim government has reached a breakthrough deal with the ...