12 hours ago · Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said discussions with a Qatari delegation in Damascus Thursday included reconstruction in the war-torn country, during the first visit by a head of state ...

Dec 6, 2024 · U.S. troops fighting Iranian-backed militias and a resurgence of the Islamic State in eastern Syria face an uncertain path forward as insurgents entering Damascus remake the balance of power in...

3 days ago · 01/28/2025 January 28, 2025. A DW journalist from Syria shares her experience of returning to Damascus after the end of the civil war.

An Australian embassy was opened in Damascus in 1977. Syria opened an embassy in Canberra in the early 2000s. Until the start of the current Syrian civil war in 2011, the two countries enjoyed good relations. ... Georgia terminated diplomatic relations with Syria due to the recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia by Damascus.

6 days ago · After the fall of Syria's despotic Assad regime, life is slowly returning to one Damascus neighborhood, where the violence and painful memories of the past are still literally being unearthed.

3 days ago · Q. On Syria, is the EU ready to ease the sanctions on Syria after the fall of Assad? How is the current relation between the EU countries and EU institutions and the new rulers in Damascus? We expect to reach a decision today to put together a roadmap to ease the sanctions. So, it is clear that we go step-for-step. We start with the sanctions that they need the most to really start the buildup ...

Dec 9, 2024 · The swift downfall of Bashar al-Assad is reverberating in Syria and throughout the Middle East. Some changes are already apparent. Syrians who fled the country's vicious civil war years ago are lining up at border crossings to return home.

Dec 27, 2024 · DAMASCUS, Syria — The newly appointed governor of Damascus has called on the United States to use its influence to push for cordial relations with Israel.

May 31, 2018 · WASHINGTON: The US on Wednesday condemned Syria’s decision to recognize two breakaway regions in Georgia and create diplomatic ties, saying it fully backed Georgia’s independence and reiterating...

Tenth Anniversary of the Ghouta, Syria Chemical Weapons Attack. Ten years ago the Assad regime launched rockets carrying the deadly nerve agent sarin into the Ghouta district of Damascus, killing more than 1,400 people.