Tag: Syria

(Reuters) -Syria has carried out nationwide pre-emptive operations targeting Islamic State cells, a spokesperson for the Interior Ministry said on Saturday. Syrian security forces carried out 61 raids …

By Laila Bassam and Tom Perry NAWA, Syria (Reuters) -As sectarian violence swept through Syria’s southern Sweida province in July, the Sbeih family say they were taken by Druze gunmen and held in a …

The State Department announced on Friday that the United Nations Security Council lifted the terrorist designation of two Syrian officials, including the country’s new president Ahmed al-Sharaa. The adoption of a resolution “championed by the United States” to delist al-Sharaa and Interior Minister Anas Hasan Khattub “sent a strong political signal that further recognizes

The US plans for the presence in the Syrian capital, which have not previously been reported, would be a sign of Syria’s strategic realignment with the US. The United States is preparing to establish a military presence at an airbase in Damascus to help enable a security pact that Washington is brokering between Syria and Israel,

Britain removed sanctions on Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa on Friday, a day after the United Nations Security Council did the same ahead of his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump next week, …

The United States and Britain removed sanctions on Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa on Friday, a day after the United Nations Security Council did the same ahead of his meeting with U.S. President …