The United States' newly-appointed Syria envoy said he believed peace between Syria and Israel was achievable as he made his ...

Thomas Barrack raised the American flag over the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Damascus, amid broader efforts by the Trump ...

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for two bomb attacks in a remote region in southern Syria on Wednesday and Thursday.

For months, many Syrians and Syria watchers had worried that the United States might never lift its sanctions. Washington first imposed sanctions on Syria in 1979, when it declared its regime to be a ...

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud has said that the kingdom and Qatar will offer joint financial support to state employees in Syria. His statements came on Saturday ...

In a significant shift in international policy, the United States, European Union, and United Kingdom have each taken steps ...

Thomas Barrack, the U.S. ambassador to Turkey who was also appointed as special envoy for Syria, described in a post on X​ ...

General License 25 effectively suspends OFAC sanctions targeting Syria. Stringent US export control restrictions on exports and reexports to ...

Syria remains at high risk. Sanctions relief doesn’t guarantee a stable path ahead, but without it, the country has no real ...

It seems the Syrian regime has been whitewashed so thoroughly and swiftly that a nation once routinely bombed by the United States and Israel is now seen as cleansed of all previous allegations. Not ...

On May 23, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued Syria General License ...