#Syria

Most Syrians want to see what the future holds for the country before going back Syrians in Paphos are closely following developments in their home country but are not in ...

Cyprus has urged the European Union to take a proactive role in shaping Syria’s future, highlighting the direct impact the country’s situation has on migration, security, and regional ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan discussed on Friday the need for continued efforts to counter any resurgence of Islamic State in Syria ...

Russia has established direct contact with the political committee of Syria’s Islamist rebel group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Interfax news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov as ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Turkey on Thursday for talks focused on a critical aspect of establishing stability in Syria: clashes in the north of the ...

U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan defended Israel’s operations in Syria since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, saying on Thursday it had a right to defend itself ...

Rebel leader Ahmad al-Sharaa’s Islamist group is stamping its authority on Syria’s state with the same lightning speed that it seized the country, deploying police, installing an interim ...

Refugees from Syria’s long civil war were making their way home on Wednesday, as a new interim prime minister said he had been appointed with the backing of the ...

The crisis in Syria has been included in the European Council agenda at the request of Cyprus, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday, pointing out that the country’s new ...

Israel denied on Tuesday that its forces had penetrated into Syrian territory beyond the buffer zone with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, after Syrian sources said the incursion had extended to ...

Israel pounded Syrian army bases on Tuesday in strikes it says aim to keep weapons from falling into hostile hands, but denied its forces had advanced into Syria beyond a ...

The lightning overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad left Syrians, countries in the region and world powers nervous on Tuesday about what comes next as the rebel alliance took its first ...

Qatari diplomats spoke with Syria’s leading rebel faction, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, on Monday, an official briefed on the developments told Reuters, as regional states race to open contact with ...

Israel will step up airstrikes on Syrian stores of advanced weaponry, Israeli officials said on Monday, and keep a “limited” troop presence on the ground, hoping to head off any ...

By Riham AlkousaaEuropean countries were putting asylum applications from Syrians on hold until further notice on Monday after rebels toppled autocratic president Bashar al-Assad. The decision, which affects tens of ...

Damascus stirred back to life on Monday at the start of a hopeful but uncertain era after rebels seized the Syrian capital and President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia, following 13 ...

Kurdish residents of Cyprus staged a protest march on Monday from Nicosia’s Eleftheria Square to the US embassy to request Washington step in to stop attacks on Kurds in ...

After 13 years of civil war, Syria’s opposition militias sensed an opportunity to loosen President Bashar al-Assad’s grip on power when, about six months ago, they communicated to Turkey ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday called for an orderly political transition in Syria in the wake of rebels seizing Damascus and ousting President Bashar al-Assad after 13 years of civil war ...

Peaceful rallies were held by Syrians in Cyprus on Sunday after rebels announced the seizure of Damascus and the toppling of President Assad. In Nicosia Syrians gathered on the walls ...

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Timour Azhari Syrian rebels declared they had ousted President Bashar al-Assad after seizing control of Damascus on Sunday, forcing him to flee and ending his family’...

Iraqi Shi’ite Muslim ruling parties and armed groups are weighing the pros and cons of armed intervention in Syria, viewing as a grave threat the advance of Sunni Islamist ...

The police on Friday declared that they are “ready to maintain security and order” ahead of a planned protest on Sunday in support of the “mujahideen fighting in Idlib and ...

Iran will send missiles, drones and more advisers to Syria, a senior Iranian official said on Friday as rebel forces advanced on the central city of Homs and Kurds seized ...