The Latest Breaking News from Damascus

United Nations rights chief Volker Turk on Wednesday said transitional justice was "crucial" for Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, during the first-ever visit by someone in his post to the country.

In a Damascus courtyard, Syrian activists brainstormed strategies to ensure their country does not return to authoritarianism, in a scene unimaginable under president Bashar al-Assad's rule.

Riyadh meeting also discussed keeping pressure on Syria’s new leadership to meet commitment to inclusive transition

Syria's new ruler and Lebanon's prime minister pledged on Saturday to build lasting ties during the first visit by a Lebanese head of government to Damascus since the start of the civil war in 2011.

Lebanon’s Mikati and Syria’s al-Sharaa discuss relations, including smuggling between countries and border challenges.

Intelligence officials in Syria’s new de facto government say they have thwarted a plan by the Islamic State group to set off a bomb at a Shiite shrine in the Damascus suburb of Sayyida Zeinab

Antonio Tajani says Italy wants to serve as a bridge between Damascus and the European Union.

Italian Foreign Minister plans Syria visit to support transition post-Assad's removal by HTS, calls for EU sanctions review.

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani met Syria's new ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus Friday, state media said, in the latest such visit from a European diplomat since the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

Thousands attend the concert in Damascus to mark the end of al-Assad family rule and almost 14 years of civil war.

Fighters in southern Syria who helped topple President Bashar al-Assad are reluctant to disarm and disband as ordered by the country's new rulers, their spokesman told AFP. An Islamist-led offensive ripped through Syria from the north and into Damascus on December 8, bringing to a sudden end five decades of…