The Cradle reported on Tuesday that the US and Syria have been engaged in secret, direct negotiations in the Omani capital of Muscat. The report cited a senior diplomatic official in the Arab League who said the talks included "security figures from both countries and...
US Military Probing Reports It Killed a Civilian in Recent Syria Airstrike
The US military says it's looking into reports that it killed a civilian in a recent airstrike it launched in northwest Syria. When US Central Command (CENTCOM) first reported the strike on May 3, the command claimed it killed a senior al-Qaeda leader. But CENTCOM did...
US Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Combat Syria Normalization
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House have introduced a bill aimed to combat Syria's normalization with regional countries that would expand sanctions and prohibit the US from establishing diplomatic ties with the government of Bashar al-Assad. The bill was...
Syrian, Turkish Foreign Ministers to Hold First Meeting in Over a Decade
The Turkish and Syrian foreign ministers will hold their first meeting in more than a decade on Wednesday in Moscow as more and more countries are taking steps to normalize with Damascus. The meeting will also be attended by the foreign ministers of Russia and Iran...
House Hawks Urge Biden to Use Sanctions to Prevent Syria Normalization
The top Republican and Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee released a statement on Monday slamming Syria's readmission into the Arab League and urging President Biden to use sanctions to prevent further normalization. "Readmitting Assad to the Arab League...
Arab League Votes to Readmit Syria
On Sunday, the Arab League voted to readmit Syria, marking a significant step in Damascus' efforts to normalize relations with regional countries. Syria was suspended from the Arab League at the outbreak of war in 2011, and many of the bloc's members threw their...
US Shifts Rhetoric on Regional Engagement With Syria
A White House National Security Council official told The National that the Biden administration was "encouraged" by a meeting between Syrian and other Arab foreign ministers that took place in Amman on Monday. The comments mark a significant shift in rhetoric from...
US Says Russian Missile Almost Hit US MQ-9 Drone Over Syria
A US MQ-9 Reaper drone was fired at by a Russian SA-22 Pantsir air defense system in Syria back in November, a US official told Air & Space Forces Magazine. The incident was first revealed by one of the Pentagon documents allegedly leaked by Jack Teixeira. The US...
Civilian Reported Killed in US Drone Strike in Northwest Syria
US Central Command said Wednesday that it launched an airstrike in northwest Syria that killed an al-Qaeda leader but did not name the target or release other details of the strike, and local reports suggest a civilian was killed. "At 11:42 a.m. local time on May 3rd,...
Israeli Airstrikes Again Target Syria’s Aleppo Airport
Israeli airstrikes put Syria's Aleppo airport out of service and hit other targets on the outskirts of the city on Monday night, Syria's SANA news agency reported. The strikes killed one Syrian soldier and wounded five more soldiers and two civilians. "At around 11:35...