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Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of parliament as he attends the reopening of the Turkish parliament after the summer recess in Ankara, Turkey, October 1, 2023. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/PPO/Handout via REUTERS
Europe

Erdogan expects support from Syria in Turkey's battle with PKK

A rebellion by groups close to Turkey ousted Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad last month. Since then, Turkey-backed Syrian forces have occasionally clashed in the north with US-backed Kurdish...

A general view of the city during the year's first sunrise on New Year's Day, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, January 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo
Middle East

US to ease aid restrictions for Syria in limited show of support for new government: WSJ

Foreign minister for the interim Syrian government Asaad al-Shaibani (L) meets with Qatar's Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani in Doha, Jan. 5, 2025. Photo: AFP
Middle East

Syrian ministers urge lifting of US sanctions in first visit to Doha

A fighter affiliated with the new Syrian administration in a tunnel, inside the abandoned base of the Syrian Republican Guard, near Damascus, on January 4, 2025. Photo: BAKR ALKASEM / AFP vis BSS
Middle East

Elaborate military tunnel complex linked to Assad's palace

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria,January 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
Middle East

Kurds, women must be included in Syria's transition: European ministers

Syria's foreign minister, Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, speaks during a press conference with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha (not pictured), after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, December 30, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo
Middle East

Syria FM hopes first foreign visit to Saudi opens 'new, bright page'

Maysa Sabreen. File Photo: Collected
Middle East

Syrian Maysa Sabreen made first woman central bank chief

Hadi Al Bahra, president of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Istanbul, Turkey, December 2, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo
Middle East

Syria's former opposition says it has not been invited to government's planned talks

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, December 30, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
Middle East

Syria eyes 'strategic' ties with Ukraine, Kyiv vows more food aid shipments

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, speaks to the media on the day he meets with Qatar's Minister of State Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, December 23, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo
Middle East

Syria's de facto leader says holding elections could take up to four years

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, speaks to the media on the day he meets with Qatar's Minister of State Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, December 23, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo
Middle East

Syria's de facto leader says holding elections could take up to four years

Fighters of the ruling Syrian sit in a vehicle, after Syria's Bashar al-Assad was ousted, in Damascus, Syria, December 26, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
Middle East

Syria's new rulers declare crackdown as tensions flare in coastal area

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa attends a meeting with former rebel faction chiefs, as he reached an agreement with them to dissolve all groups and consolidate them under the Defence Ministry, according to a statement from the new administration, in Damascus, Syria, in this handout image released on 24 December 2024. Photo: Reuters
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Syrian ex-rebel factions agree to merge under defence ministry