Entire families including women and children have been killed in Syria’s coastal region as part of recent sectarian killings by rival groups, the UN human rights office has announced.
Syria’s new rulers have ended a security operation in the country’s western coastal region, home to loyalists of former leader Bashar al-Assad, the Ministry of Defence in Damascus has reported.
Syria’s interim government announced it has reached a landmark deal with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to integrate the group into state institutions.
Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has ordered an investigation after hundreds of people were killed in fighting between security forces and fighters loyal to ousted President Bashar al-Assad in the coastal cities of Latakia and Tartous.
Intense battles between Syrian transitional government troops and fighters loyal to removed leader Basher al-Assad continue in northwestern Syria. Hundreds of people, including civilians, have been reportedLy killed in the deadliest violence since Assad’s fall last year.
The Spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Esmail Baqaei has voiced deep concern over the recent developments in Syria, urging its new rulers to provide security for all Syrians.
Israeli Air Force has conducted airstrikes on military targets in southern Syria, including areas near Damascus and the Deraa province, following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s demand “for the complete demilitarization of the region.”
The European Union has lifted select sanctions on Syria as part of efforts to support democratic development during the country’s political transition.
Israel will not allow the new Syrian government’s military forces to operate in the territories south of Syria’s capital Damascus, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has spoken to Syria’s interim leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, the first such a top-level contact since the ouster of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have announced that they have not been informed of plans reportedly being drawn up by the US military to withdraw its troops from Syria.
The United States Department of Defense is drafting plans to withdraw all US troops from Syria within 30, 60, or 90 days, two US defense officials have told NBC News.
Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi says there is no urgency for Tehran to resume political and diplomatic relations with the current administration in Syria.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syria’s newly-appointed President Ahmed al-Sharaa have discussed deepened security ties – including a response to Kurdish fighters in the war-torn country – during a meeting in Ankara.
The Israeli military is building military bases in the demilitarised buffer zone with Syria, according to satellite images seen by Al Jazeera’s Sanad verification unit.
A car bomb has killed at least 20 people and injured many others on the outskirts of the city of Manbij in northern Syria, the Syrian presidency has announced.
Syria’s Ahmed al-Sharaa has met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) in Riyadh on his first foreign trip since being named president of the transitional government earlier this week.
Ahmad al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani and a former al-Qaeda member, has been appointed as Syria's president for a transitional period.
Syria’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa requested that Russia hand over former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and his close aides during discussions with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, according to sources close to the talks.
A delegation of Russian officials has arrived in Damascus for the first time since Syria's longtime ruler, Bashar al-Assad, was overthrown by armed fighters.
France has announced that it will lift or suspend certain sanctions on Syria’s energy, transportation, and financial sectors to support the country’s economic stabilization and reconstruction efforts.
