On Saturday, President Trump's special envoy met with Ahmed al-Sharaa, the former al-Qaeda leader who is now Syria's de facto president, after the State Department announced it was lifting some sanctions on Syria. Tom Barrack, the US ambassador to Turkey who now also...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s recent warning that Syria may be on the verge of another “full scale civil war” seems increasingly more possible, with sectarian tensions erupting on multiple fronts, as the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) government’s promise of...
While the cooperation between the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) government in Syria and the Kurdish SDF originally made it seem like the violence in northern Syria was on the decline, a new round of fighting between those groups has led to increased tensions and...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Congress on Tuesday that the US assesses the new al-Qaeda-linked Syrian government could collapse within weeks and that the country could descend into "full-scale civil war." Rubio made the comments at a Senate Foreign Relations...
Attentions are focusing on al-Mayadeen District in Syria’s Deir Ezzor Governorate today, after a late Monday suicide car bombing against a local police station killed at least five people and wounded a numbers of others. Syrian state media reported that three security...
When the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) seized power in Syria in December, it was seen as the presumptive end of the protracted civil war in that country, since it removed President Assad from power. Since then, there seems to be quite a bit of internal conflict...
On Wednesday, President Trump met with Ahmed al-Sharaa, the founder of al-Qaeda in Syria, who became the country's de facto leader after his rebranded group of jihadists, known as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), took power in Damascus in December 2024. Trump said he had a...
President Trump has announced that he will lift all sanctions the US has against the Syrian government, which he says will “give them a chance at greatness.” He will also meet Syria’s leader, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa on Wednesday. The US has...
President Trump said on Monday that he's considering lifting sanctions on Syria as the country's de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa (formerly Abu Mohammed al-Jolani), is looking to make a deal with the US. Trump said that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had asked...
In an announcement on Monday, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) announced that they have agreed to totally disarm and disband, aiming to end a multi-decade conflict with the Turkish government. Turkish President Erdogan praised the move, calling it a move toward...
