The UK is to start processing Syrian asylum claims again, more than seven months after decisions were paused following the ...

The optimism about changes in Syria should be tempered by a look at what is in, and what's out, in the new regime's schoolbooks.

The two historic rivals are reportedly in advanced talks to end hostilities, but Netanyahu has much more to gain from the proposal ...

as a foreign terrorist organization. HTS was technically disbanded in January, shortly after its then-leader Ahmed al-Sharaa shed rebel attire and assumed the interim presidency in Syria. The change ...

The Trump administration announced on Monday it revoked the terrorist designation placed on the new Syrian leader’s group ...

WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration is revoking the terrorism designation of a group led by Syria's new president as part ...

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham will no longer be designated as a terrorist group, months after the group swept to power in Syria.

The Turkistan Islamic Party’s branch in Syria, an Al Qaeda ally, is being integrated into the new Syrian military as the 84th Division. The group’s leader, Abdul Haq al Turkistani, sits on Al Qaeda’s ...

Foreign Terrorist Organization Designation An additional consideration in lifting sanctions and other restrictions on Syria is the State Department’s existing FTO designation of HTS.

Syria has been designated as a state sponsor of terrorism by the United States since 29 December 1979. Starting in May 2004, the United States has issued eight executive orders targeting Syria ...

In a historic shift, US President Trump met Syrian interim leader Ahmad al-Sharaa in Riyadh, marking the first such encounter in 25 years. This occurred after the US lifted sanctions on Syria, a ...