The Latest Breaking News from Damascus

US president urges Syria’s interim president to establish ties with Israel, says US will drop ‘all sanctions’.

Syria also offered the US president a Ukraine-style mineral deal

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.

Syrian authorities have detained a prominent Damascus-based Palestinian official whose group was close to the government of ousted President Bashar Assad

United Nations special envoy Geir Pedersen urged Israel Saturday to halt its attacks on Syria "at once", after it carried out multiple air strikes targeting the Islamist-led authorities following sectarian violence this week.

Israel has accused Syria of failing to protect the Druze as Israeli forces occupy and attack parts of the country.

Soaad Al Shawa had been barred from spending final days with her family, who fled Damascus to settle in Glasgow