The Pentagon announced the US currently has “approximately 2,000” troops in Syria, more than double the previously disclosed number of 900, a Defense Department spokesperson said at a press briefing on Thursday.

Since 2011, the weaponization of regional and global supply chains through economic sanctions has devastated Syria’s economic and social activities.

The state of a mass grave in Damascus and statements by people living in the surrounding area suggest that the area is a mass crime scene and may have been the site of other summary executions

A coalition of Syrian rebels say they have toppled the government of President Bashar al-Assad and captured the Syrian capital of Damascus.

By Edward Wong Christina Goldbaum and Michael Crowley Edward Wong and Michael Crowley reported from Washington, and Christina Goldbaum from Damascus, Syria. Published Dec. 20, 2024Updated Dec. 21 ...

France raised its flag at its Damascus embassy on Tuesday for the first time in 12 years and European Union officials prepared to engage with the new Syrian leadership, a sign of the growing contacts after Bashar al-Assad was ousted as president.

The toppling of Bashar Assad has raised tentative hopes that Syrians might live peacefully and as equals after a half century of authoritarian rule.

Senior U.S. diplomats visit Damascus, as Washington and Brussels weigh lifting sanctions against the country’s transitional government.

American diplomats were in Syria for the first time since the U.S. shut its embassy in Damascus in 2012. They met with Syria's new ruler, Ahmed al-Sharaa, and announced the $10 million bounty the U.S.

Can the new government stabilize the country? Additionally, can Washington make sure it doesn’t miss an opportunity to leverage a decade of work with the Kurds and other partners?

Assad's downfall signals a transformative geopolitical shift reminiscent of the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Syria grapples with economic ruin, fragmented sovereignty, and competing external interests, while Western nations navigate the complexities of supporting a fragile and uncertain transition.