Syria could become a flashpoint in escalating global power rivalries as the United States, China and Russia compete to win influence over the state. As the relatively new Syrian government tries to ...

Syria has since moved away from its traditional allies, Iran and Russia, and towards improving ties with Turkey, Gulf states, ...

Building on prior relief of sanctions and other restrictive trade measures earlier this year (as described in K2 Integrity alerts dated 15 May and 09 June 2025), on 30 June 2025, U.S. President Donald ...

On 23 May 2025, OFAC issued General License (GL) 25 [2] authorizing two categories of activities. First, it authorizes U.S. persons to engage in transactions prohibited by the Syrian Sanctions ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday he and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had agreed to look for ways to revive a Syrian peace plan, but admitted that doing ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a telephone conversation to review a broad range of Middle East developments, with particular attention on Gaza, ...

Less than a year after his lightning power grab, Syria’s president is capping his transformation from jihadist to global ...

Mr Trump met with Mr Sharaa in the first visit by a Syrian president to Washington, six months after their first meeting in ...

International diplomacy aimed at averting a U.S. military strike on Syria and securing the Syrian regime's chemical weapons arsenal hit a snag Tuesday night, just hours after Syria's foreign minister ...

It took less than 24 hours for significant fissures to emerge in a compromise response to Syria's chemical weapons. If there's a deal to be made, it may be done at the United Nations. "We accept the ...