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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan holds a press conference with other Arab and EU foreign policy leaders following a meeting discussing developments in Syria after fighters of the ruling Syrian body ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Aqaba, Jordan December 14, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Alaa Al Sukhni/File Photo
Europe

Turkey will do 'whatever it takes' if Syria government cannot address Kurd militia issue: minister

Turkey regards the YPG, the militant group spearheading the US-allied Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants who have fought an insurgency...

Ahmed al-Sharaa, Murhaf Abu Qasra, Damascus, December 21, 2024. Photo: Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham/Handout via REUTERS
Middle East

Syria's new rulers name HTS commander as defence minister

Judiciary Committee Ranking Member US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks, during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation at the US Capitol in Washington, US, January 31, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
USA

US senators seek Turkey sanctions, citing military action in Syria

People gather during a celebration called by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) at the Umayyad Square, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, December 20, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar
Middle East

US held 'very productive' first meeting with Syria's al-Sharaa, scraps 10m bounty

UN soldiers look out on a post at Mount Avital, in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights near the Israeli Syrian border, Israel February 10, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/ Ammar Awad/File Photo
Middle East

UN extends peacekeeping mission between Syria, Israeli-occupied Golan Heights

Photo: BSS
World+Biz

US diplomats visit Syria to meet new rulers

Ground personnel prepare a Syrian Air aircraft before a flight to the city of Aleppo on December 18, 2024, at Damascus international airport. Photo: AFP
Middle East

First flight since Assad's fall departs Syrian capital

A drone view shows Damascus city, after fighters of the ruling Syrian body ousted Bashar al-Assad, Syria. Photo: REUTERS/Yosri Al Jamal
Middle East

Who lost more weapons—Russia in Syria or America in Afghanistan?

Fighters of the ruling Syrian body inspect the site of a mass grave from the rule of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, according to residents, after the ousting of al-Assad, in Najha, Syria, December 17, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Middle East

Syrian mass graves expose 'machinery of death' under Assad: top prosecutor

Screenshot from the report in Syria. Photo: Screengrab
Middle East

CNN faces backlash over 'staged' Syrian prisoner rescue report

People and cars are seen in front of the Central Bank of Syria, after rebels seized the capital and ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria December 11, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo
Middle East

Syria retains 26 tons of gold reserves after Assad's fall: sources

Syrian caretaker Prime Minister Mohammed al-Bashir delivers Friday sermon at the Umayyad Mosque, after fighters of the ruling Syrian body ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in the Damascus old city, Syria, December 13, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano/File Photo
Middle East

UN chief welcomes aid commitments by new Syrian authorities

Assad fled to Russia yesterday (8 December) after a lightning offensive spearheaded by Islamist rebels ousted him from power. Photo: AFP
Middle East

Assad gives account of last hours before leaving Syria