Ahmed al-Sharaa is hoping to convince the world that he's left his jihadist past behind, but FM Gideon Sa'ar and other senior officials are not persuaded The post As European and Arab leaders rush to meet Syria’s new leader,

The U.N. organization assisting in investigating the most serious crimes in Syria says the country’s new authorities were “very receptive” to its request for cooperation during a just-concluded visit to Damascus — and it is preparing to deploy.

Syria’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and unity must be fully restored,’ UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen tells Anadolu - Anadolu Ajansı

In the absence of decisive action from international actors, Syria is poised to descend further into crisis, as Afghanistan did. To avert this fate, foreign governments must quickly stop sanctions from driving Syria into a deeper economic and humanitarian emergency.

Robert Petit, the head of the Independent Mechanism, described the visit as a “significant milestone” and a rare opportunity to discuss justice and accountability with Syrian officials.

Western nations have been cautious in their approach to Syria’s de facto leadership, HTS, but are beginning to debate whether to remove the group’s terrorist designation.

Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa told Al Arabiya TV on Sunday that elections could take four years, noted the importance of ties with Iran and Russia, and called for the United States to lift sanctions.

Israel’s continued military operations in Syria, which it said on Sunday are intended to “strengthen the defense of Israel’s citizens,” have drawn accusations from the United Nations and some member states that Israel is violating a decades-long cease-fire by sending its troops within and beyond a buffer zone between the countries.

UN, January 5. /TASS/. The UN opposes any attacks on journalists, Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary General, Farhan Haq, told TASS commenting on the death of Izvestia freelance correspondent Alexander Martemyanov as a result of a Ukrainian drone attack on a car in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The top diplomats from Germany and France were in Syria on Friday to send what the German minister called a clear signal that Europe and Syria can have a "political new beginning" after Islamist insurgents ousted Bashar Assad.

Geopolitical factors have aided Islamic State. Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza has caused widespread anger that jihadists use for recruitment. The risks to Syrian Kurds who are holding thousands of

What is Ukraine looking to get out of it? Some of Zelenskyy's moves are "raw power play", aimed at "rubbing the Kremlin's nose" in its failure to prevent the fall of Assad, wrote