The Latest Breaking News from Syria

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

US President Donald Trump on Friday capped off a Gulf tour in Abu Dhabi that has seen the securing of multi-billion-dollar deals, a $1.4 trillion investment pledge from the UAE, as well as historic overtures to Syria and renewed optimism over an Iran nuclear deal.

President Donald Trump has met with interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia

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

Trump was already popular among many Syrians for his decision to launch military strikes against Assad during his first term in the White House — and last night they celebrated him again

Syria’s SDF is unlikely to follow the PKK’s lead and disarm, but talks with Damascus could be bolstered.

Trump was the first US president to make an official state visit to Qatar, and the stop culminated in a trade deal.

Negotiations to end more than 40 years of conflict between the Turkish state and the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK) have taken on a concrete dimension. On May 12, two months after the PKK’s imprisoned leader, Abdullah Öcalan, wrote a letter in which he called on the group to lay down…

The president’s speech in Saudi Arabia promised a new course for U.S. policy in the Middle East. Can he deliver?