US asks UN to lift sanctions on Syria's president ahead of visit

The U.S. has drafted a UN Security Council resolution to lift sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa ahead of his meeting with Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, Reuters reports. [Getty] The United States has proposed a draft United...

Zohran Mamdani's Wife Rama Duwaji: Indian Director Mira Nair's Son Met His Syrian Wife On Hinge

The New York City Mayoral Elections have officially kicked off the 2025 election cycle in the United States of America, and it has already become one of the most-watched races in the country. Since the return of US President Donald Trump to...

White House: Trump to meet Syrian President al-Sharaa on Monday

Syrian president set to visit White House in historic shift

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa is set to meet with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, marking the first such visit in eighty years. The meeting follows the lifting of US sanctions and represents a significant policy shift as...

Opinion – Federalism: The Best Path for Syria’s Future 

Syria’s future remains one of the most pressing questions in the Middle East. More than a decade of civil war, foreign intervention, and internal divisions have left the country in ruins. The fall of the Assad regime in December 2024 – long...

Trump to meet Syrian president in Washington on November 10

WASHINGTON, United States — US President Donald Trump will host Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa for talks on November 10, the White House announced Tuesday, saying the former jihadist had made “good progress” toward establishing peace in his...

Syrian President al-Sharaa to visit White House on Monday, first for Syria in 80 years

ISTANBUL/WASHINGTON Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa will visit the White House on Monday to meet US President Donald Trump, spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday. It will be the first White House visit by a Syrian president in 80 years. “I...

Germany’s Merz Calls for Repatriation of Syrians, Deportations If They Don’t Leave Voluntarily

Friedrich Merz, chancellor candidate and leader of the Christian Democrats (CDU), speaks to delegates at a CDU party congress in Berlin, Germany, on Feb. 3, 2025. Maja Hitij/Getty Images German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Nov. 3 said that the...

Syria’s future under threat from acute funding shortages

Lafarge on trial on charges of funding terrorist groups in Syria

The French cement giant goes on trial on charges of illegally funding terrorist groups in Syria and breaching EU sanctions during the war on the country. French cement maker Lafarge went on trial Tuesday over charges that its Syrian subsidiary...

Trump to host Syria's al-Sharaa at White House Monday

The US president will meet with his Syrian counterpart at the White House on Monday to discuss renewed bilateral ties. US President Donald Trump will meet with Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa at the White House on Monday, US Press...

Damascus man accused of sexually abusing a minor for months

Police on Monday arrested a Damascus man who is accused of sexually abusing a child over the course of eight months in 2018 and 2019. Rami Layous, 47, faces four charges of first-degree sexual abuse, a charge of second-degree sexual abuse and...

Trump to meet Syrian president at White House on Nov 10

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks to reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House. (AP pic) WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will host Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa for talks on Nov 10, the White House...

Damascus Transitional Government Labels Kurdish as “Foreign” Language, Drawing Criticism

Tue 04 Nov 2025 | 01:38 PM A senior official from Syria’s transitional government in Damascus has described the Kurdish language as “foreign,” according to statements made to Rudaw, despite the significant presence of Kurdish citizens throughout...

Father of ‘ISIS bride’ Kirsty Rosse-Emile says his daughter should stay in Syria ‘like she wanted’

The father of an ISIS bride who is begging to be brought back to Australia says his daughter left Victoria to live under the caliphate of her own volition and is lying about being “tricked” into joining Islamic State. Guy Rosse-Emile has told The...

Germany invites Syria’s al-Sharaa to discuss deportation of Syrians 

DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced on Monday that he invited Syrian Transitional President, Ahmad al-Sharaa, to visit Germany to discuss the deportation of Syrian citizens with criminal records. Merz said...

Syrian artists transform bombed-out house into a mural of remembrance, in photos

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Syria votes in favor of UN resolution to ban chemical weapons

Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ibrahim Olabi, said the Syrian delegation voted in favor of draft resolution L62 titled Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use...

Syrian Foreign Ministry reinstates diplomats who defected from the former regime

Syria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the reinstatement of diplomats who had defected from the former regime to the diplomatic corps on Monday, November 3. In a statement, the ministry said Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani signed the...

German Chancellor Merz, Under Pressure from a Surging Rightwing AfD, Scrambles to React to Mass Migration, Wants to ‘Repatriate’ Syrian ‘Asylum Seekers’

Merz will try to ‘repatriate’ Syrian illegal migrants. Merz on immigration reform: too little, too late. In Germany, Chancellor Friedrich Merz is struggling to get some traction in tackling the scourge of unchecked mass migration, which is fraying...