It would take four full days for the government to restore a semblance of order on the coast. In the meantime, the death toll ...

Then-President Joe Biden left the decision to Trump, whose administration has yet to formally recognize the new Syrian government. Sanctions imposed on Damascus under Assad also remain in place.

As the EU prepares for its annual review of sanctions imposed on Syria, it faces a moment of reckoning — an opportunity to ...

Hafez had ruled Syria for decades with an iron fist. But the sanctions had remained in place after Assad fled the country in December in the wake of a surprise lightning campaign led by Sharaa and ...