Syria has regained an active role in shaping United Nations resolutions and reaffirmed its commitment to its national principles, Syria’s Permanent

The U_S_'s special envoy for Syria has called Lebanon “a failed state,” highlighting frustration with Beirut’s “paralyzed government.”.

At America’s urging, Israel and Turkey have found an uneasy balance, each hoping the other will avoid its red lines. A Turkish base in Damascus would cross Israel’s, says Omer Ozkizilcik, an analyst at the Atlantic Council, a think-tank. An Israeli intervention in support of Syria’s Kurdish insurgents would cross Turkey’s.

"I didn't know the salaries the government pays were this high!" Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa joked after more than 100 loyalists arrived at his former rebel base, many pulling up in luxury SUVs.

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi met with UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper in Amman on Monday to discuss developments in Syria and regional peace

In what is shaping up to be a landmark case in France, the multinational cement giant Lafarge, along with several former senior executives are set to go on trial on Tuesday, accused of paying off jihadist groups – including the so-called Islamic State – to keep a Syrian cement plant running at the height of the country’s civil war.

The head of the Syriac Catholic Church in central Syria has warned that Christianity is disappearing from the country Speaking in Rome, the archbishop said the Church is dying and called for urgent

The Druze minority in Syria's Idlib province is reeling from a targeted shooting that killed three community members

Syrian President Ahmad Sharaa said his country has opened up to the world and attracted investments worth $28 billion since Bashar Assad was toppled in December.

Syrian officials have confiscated millions of Captagon pills and other illicit substances since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024. Syria's new government has been ramping up efforts to fight a war on drug trafficking across Syria.