The Latest Breaking News from Damascus

Promise to lift US sanctions brings closer the opportunity for fresh start that began with toppling of Bashar al-Assad

President says former al-Qaeda terrorist is ‘pretty amazing’ after historic handshake

US president talks to Ahmed al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia as lifting of sanctions is met with jubilation in Damascus

Health secretary calls the downsizing of department as necessary cost-cutting measures as he defends spending plans under Trump’s budget proposal

Gulf leaders have rallied behind the new government in Damascus and want Trump to follow, believing it is a bulwark against Iran's return to influence in Syria, where it had helped prop up the al-Assad regime during a decade-long civil war.

White House touts deal made on first stop of US president’s four-day diplomatic tour to Gulf states

Agreements to halt fighting ease tensions, but fear and mistrust linger among Druze in post-Assad Syria.

French President Emmanuel Macron told Syria’s new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, he must protect all communities in the country following deadly sectarian attacks in recent months. Macron made the comments on Wednesday in Paris, during Sharaa’s first official visit to a European country since his forces overthrew longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad…

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Wednesday meets France's Emmanuel Macron in Paris on his first visit to Europe since overthrowing longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.