WASHINGTON DC - The United States temporarily relaxed some sanctions on Syria as a test to see if the new leadership in Damascus will live up to its promises of an inclusive government, said a former defense official.

The appointment of trustees and other attacks on democratic rights by the government show that the renewed negotiations between Ankara and the PKK, which Ankara has been trying to suppress for 40 years,

A train station in Damascus was once the pride of the Syrian capital, an essential link between Europe and the Arabian Peninsula during the Ottoman Empire and then a national transit hub

Iraq is trying to convince powerful armed factions in the country that have fought U.S. forces and fired rockets and drones at Israel to lay down their weapons or join official security forces, Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said.

The United States last month engaged directly with a designated terrorist group in Syria in a significant policy shift, a move explained by senior US official Nikolas Granger during an interview with Rudaw on Monday.

The sanctions currently in place are primarily against the former government of Bashar al-Assad and his allies.

DAMASCUS, Syria — The United Nations human rights chief on Wednesday called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong civil war, now that former leader Bashar ...

DAMASCUS/WASHINGTON - The U.S. on Monday issued a sanctions exemption for transactions with governing institutions in Syria for six months after the end of Bashar al-Assad's rule in an effort to ease the flow of humanitarian assistance.

US President Joe Biden’s administration welcomed the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria on 8 December as a "historic opportunity for the long-suffering people of Syria to build a better futur

Syria's economy has been decimated by more than a decade of civil war and sanctions that have severed it from the global financial system.

Coverage of Syria’s prisons overlooks their decades-long use as key destinations for extraordinary rendition, where terror suspects were sent for brutal interrogations.

Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, who led the main rebel group in the alliance that overthrew Assad, is pushing for sanctions relief. His administration is represented at the Riyadh talks by Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani.