The downfall of former president Bashar al-Assad has reignited extremist rivalries in Indonesia, increasing the potential ...

In a dramatic shift in US policy, President Donald Trump has approved Syrian interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa’s controversial plan to induct foreign jihadists into Syria’s restructured military. Once ...

Under the deal, around 3,500 fighters, mainly Uyghurs from China and Central Asia, will join a newly formed division ...

The United States has given its blessing to a plan by Syria's new leadership to incorporate thousands of foreign jihadist former rebel fighters into the national army, provided that it does so ...

President Trump says he will move to normalize relations and lift sanctions on Syria's new government to give the country "a chance at peace." ...

A former US ambassador has revealed that a British NGO helped rebrand a former al-Qaeda commander into Syria’s leader.

The visit comes amid renewed bloodshed, coming a week after clashes between forces loyal to al-Sharaa and fighters from the minority Druze community that left nearly 100 people dead. #EuropeNews ...

U.S. Ambassador Tom Barrack to lead as Special Envoy for Syria, aiding in sanctions relief and regional stability efforts.

In the last weeks of the Biden administration, Assistant Secretary of State Barbara Leaf traveled to Syria to meet Ahmad al-Sharaa, the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham leader whose December 2024 march on ...

President Donald Trump met Syrian President Ahmad al-Shara in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, a day after announcing plans to lift U.S. sanctions on Syria, offering a significant boost to the country’s new ...

Al-Sharaa took power after his Islamist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), led a dayslong offensive that toppled former President Bashar Assad in December. Assad, a member of Syria's Alawite minority, ...