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A U.S. envoy says that Syria’s central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging their forces after the ...
The longtime enemies have opened contacts, reflecting a power shift across a Middle East in which they have newfound common ...
The country is experiencing its worst drought in decades, which has set the conditions for the blazes to scorch an area the ...
Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Wednesday that Azerbaijan's SOCAR could become a partner in Turkey's ...
Abdulrazak al-Jenan swept the dust off his solar panel on his apartment roof overlooking Damascus. Syria's largest city was ...
The Trump administration will no longer consider Syria’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the group led by Syria’s interim ...
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) on Wednesday filed text to permanently repeal legislation that imposed strict sanctions on Syria, following President Trump’s move to unwind penalties on the country ...
Last month's deadly church bombing outside Syria's capital is raising fears among the country's minority Christians.
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham will no longer be designated as a terrorist group, months after the group swept to power in Syria.
The State Department revoked the terrorist designation of Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham, a group headed by the country’s new ...
President Donald Trump's administration on Monday revoked the foreign terrorist organization designation for Hay'at Tahrir al ...
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