Iran and the United States prepared for a fifth round of negotiations over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program ...

The plans that Washington has in place for Syria now are in large part the same as those that were drawn up in early 2011 when the U.S. believed the al-Assad regime would fall in a matter of weeks.

Despite his jihadist past, the Syrian president endeavors to align his country, once a pillar of the pro-Iranian axis unde, ...

Like the UK, Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Greece and Sweden also ... to celebrate the end of Bashar al-Assad's rule (Ralf Hirschberger/AFP) So now Haya is under pressure to get her permit ...

The former jihadist, seeking to distance himself from his past, is set to meet Emmanuel Macron on Wedne 7. He aims to restore ties between Paris and Damascus, severed in 2012 following Bashar al-Assad ...

European officials have been cautiously optimistic about Syria's new leadership - which came to power in December after overthrowing former President Bashar al-Assad - despite its Islamist roots.

Ankara's move came shortly before Syrian rebels overthrew ruler Bashar al-Assad, upending the regional balance of power ... Forced out in 1998, he moved from Russia to Italy to Greece in search of a ...

Syria's new authorities have been lobbying European countries for relief from the tough Western sanctions imposed on the former government of Bashar al-Assad. Under the new proposal, dated May 14 ...