A U.S. envoy says that Syria’s central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging forces after the latest ...

Officials said lightning struck a house and a horse shelter caught on fire in Damascus Wednesday evening. Firefighters with ...

The Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces have been attempting to reach an integration agreement between the two ...

Syria’s former Foreign Minister Farouk Al-Sharaa has agreed—under a secret deal—to drop Damascus’s longstanding claim to the ...

Israel’s goal is to collapse Lebanon through triggering civil war and any move to normalize ties with Tel Aviv would ...

As well as being optimistic about the future of his war-ravaged country, Rami Al Ali has other reasons to be upbeat: he is ...

The longtime enemies have opened contacts, reflecting a power shift across a Middle East in which they have newfound common ...

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