Staggering violence in various regions are fueling minority demands for autonomy, posing a challenge to President Sharaa’s plans for a strong centralized state.

Asharq Al Awsat Israeli army forces infiltrated into several villages and towns in the southern Syrian provinces of Quneitra and Daraa, setting up checkpoints, searching homes, and detaining civilians ...

The Syrian Foreign Ministry on Friday denied reports claiming that Syria would sign a security agreement with Israel next ...

Historically, Tehran has enjoyed outsized influence over Iraqi policy through the entrenchment of its Axis of Resistance (AOR ...

Preparations are underway to reopen and secure the Damascus–Suwayda highway (southern Syria), restoring traffic after more ...

As al-Sharaa leads Syria further towards normalisation with Israel, Joseph Daher argues that alignment with the US & its ...

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I’d say these people are animals, but that would be unfair — to animals,’ the mother of a slain boy says of the jihadists who ...

Syria’s state-run news agency says the country’s foreign minister has held a rare meeting with an Israeli delegation in Paris ...

The Paris meeting between Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani and the Israeli delegation, under indirect US oversight, marks a notable point in Syrian-Israeli relations, but it is not a ...

The IDF has launched an investigation to understand why the soldiers collected the grenade instead of detonating it on-site.

Making arrangements. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz approved on Tuesday plans for a Gaza City offensive. In preparation for the operation, the ...