A day after Israel announced it retrieved over 2,500 documents and personal items belonging to legendary Israeli spy Eli ...

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Five months after its liberation from the police state of Bashar al-Assad, Syria sometimes looks like a country in civil war.

Neighbors and colleagues reported on each other everywhere. Now, Syrians are shadowed by the question of who among them had ...

First among the confusing issues are the true intentions of the man who swept down from the north, leading his highly trained militia, and overthrew the regime of Bashar al-Assad in a matter of days.

A Syrian official has appeared to hint at possible normalisation with Israel after being questioned ... with the West since the collapse of Bashar al-Assad's government in late 2024.

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday had tea with a former jihadist who until recently had a $10 million US bounty on his ...

President Trump bucked critics in his administration and security hawks in Israel in his decision to lift sanctions on Syria ...

During an investment forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 13, 2025, President Donald Trump announced his intent to lift sanctions on Syria, ...

United States President Donald Trump has announced that Washington is exploring the normalisation of ties with Damascus, ...

"He's got the potential - he's a real leader," Trump said on Air Force One after meeting Syrian Interim President Ahmed ...

Senior Writer, Foreign Policy & Deputy Editor, National Security and Foreign Policy A senior Israeli official has shared with Newsweek tough language toward Syrian Interim President Ahmad al ...