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At UN meeting, Asaad al-Shaibani said Syria willing to build 'strategic partnership' with China, a key backer of ousted ruler ...

Pro-Iranian militia leaders and politicians in Iraq have objected to a possible visit by Syria’s new transitional President ...

The Kurdish-led force that runs northeast Syria has agreed to integrate into a new national army, but some of its supporters ...

The Islamic State has declared Pope Francis burial a marketing tool in a theological war, asserting that tributes paid to the ...

Syria's Kurdish parties on Saturday adopted a joint political vision calling for a "decentralised democratic" state in Syria ...

Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara met an Iraqi delegation in Damascus on Friday to discuss reviving an oil pipeline through ...

Trump’s cabinet picks signal a shift toward isolationism and deregulation of government entities in the United States. The president supports an “America First” foreign policy, and his administration ...

Iraq will ship 220,000 tons of wheat to Syria as "a gift", Syrian media said on Friday, citing the director of the General Organization for Grains, adding that the first batch has already arrived in ...

Officials from the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and key countries underscored the need for credible economic data ...

Iraq has sent a delegation to Syria to explore restoring an oil pipeline and enhancing counter-terrorism cooperation. The Syrian energy crisis and the legacy of civil war have prompted talks between ...

F or miles around, as far as the eye can see, the eastern suburbs of Damascus are a sea of undulating rubble and skeletal ...