He made the comments during a summit between the United States and Gulf Arab countries. Trump met Syria’s Ahmed al-Sharaa before the summit. Photos posted on Saudi state television showed them shaking hands in the presence of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince. Trump also urged Sharaa to normalise ties with Israel, a White House spokesperson said. […]
Despite concerns within sectors of his administration, Trump said on Tuesday during a speech in Riyadh that he would lift sanctions on Syria. The U.S. president has agreed to say hello to interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who will be in Riyadh for meetings with the Gulf Cooperation Council. Trump’s first day of a four-day […]
“After years of conflict and immeasurable suffering, the Syrian people deserve a future that is marked by dignity, stability, and opportunity,” Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, permanent representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, told the UN Security Council on Friday. “The international community must seize this moment to support Syria’s transition,” he said during a […]
Mills revealed that discussions with Sharaa covered the conditions for lifting U.S.-imposed economic sanctions on Syria and the potential for a peace agreement with Israel. Sharaa indicated that Syria would be open to joining the Abraham Accords—normalization agreements brokered by former U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration between Israel and countries including the United Arab Emirates, […]
Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani was also present at the meeting with Republican Cory Mills at the presidential palace in Damascus, a presidency statement said. Mills arrived in Syria on Friday along with Marlin Stutzman, another politician from the Republican party of US President Donald Trump. In late December, less than two weeks after a coalition […]
Washington has had troops in Syria for years as part of international efforts against the Islamic State (IS) group, which rose out of the chaos of the country’s civil war to seize swaths of territory there and in neighboring Iraq over a decade ago. They have since suffered major defeats in both countries but remain […]
“We are witnessing a deeply troubling pattern: continued, unprovoked Israeli military aggression; repeated violations of the 1974 Disengagement Agreement; an illegal military presence in the Area of Separation; and open declarations of indefinite occupation, ” Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, permanent representative of Pakistan to the UN, told the 15-member Council during a briefing on the […]
Canada’s special envoy for Syria, Omar Alghabra, said: “Canada can play a meaningful role in enabling Syrians to build an inclusive country that respects all of its citizens. “We also can help prevent Syria from falling into chaos and instability.” A statement from Canada’s foreign ministry said sanctions would be eased “to allow funds to […]
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the civilians were killed in “executions by security forces and allied groups”, adding that the toll was still rising as more bodies were found, with the latest deaths recorded in the coastal provinces of Latakia and Tartus and the neighboring central province of Hama. Syria grapples with the […]
Photos showed interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa and SDF commander Mazloum Abdi shaking hands in Damascus on the agreement that provides for SDF-controlled civilian and military institutions in northeast Syria to be integrated with the state. The accord came at a critical moment as Sharaa grapples with the fallout from mass killings of Alawite minority members […]
