This is the second time that President Vladimir V. Putin has hosted President Ahmed al-Sharaa since the fall of the Russia-backed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.

Damascus needs Moscow just as much as Moscow needs Damascus ...

Ahmed al-Sharaa’s lightning offensive against Syrian Kurdistan belies his promise to respect the country’s ethnic minorities ...

He not only toppled a dictatorship that had ruled Syria for half a century but also, upon assuming leadership of the country, convinced Western capitals to lift or suspend most of the sanctions ...

Lebanon’s cabinet has approved an agreement to transfer Syrian prisoners back to Syria. This decision comes as neighboring ...

Sharaa has struck friendly tone with Moscow, but still seeks Assad's extradition from Russia, where he fled after coup ...

Assad, minority groups in Syria have been targeted with violence. The US and other regional powers have largely stayed silent ...

WASHINGTON – The United States began major airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria on Friday, fulfilling President Donald Trump’s vow to avenge the deaths of two U.S. Army soldiers and a ...

The US says the need for the alliance with the Kurdish SDF has 'expired,' and urged Kurdish forces to accept a Syrian ...

New tensions flared a day after a Kurdish-led militia agreed to hand over control of prisons holding some 8,000 Islamic State fighters to the Syrian government.

By Maya Gebeily and Jana Choukeir BEIRUT, Jan 30 (Reuters) - The Syrian government and Kurdish forces declared a ceasefire ...

Questions have emerged over the fate of thousands of Islamic State prisoners in northeastern Syria after government forces ...