Syria Conflict

• UN condemns Israeli incursion; Damascus calls it a ‘war crime’ • Execution of Palestinians in Jenin termed ‘summary execution’ • E4 condemns settlers’ violence in occupied West Bank JERUSALEM/DAMASCUS: Israeli military killed 13 people in a raid on a village in Syria on Friday which Damascus called a criminal attack, and in the occupied…

United States President Donald Trump met with Syria’s president in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, after a surprise US announcement it would lift all sanctions on the Islamist-led government, and said Washington was exploring the possibility of normalising ties with Damascus. He made the comments during a summit between the US and Gulf Arab countries. Trump…

US President Donald Trump is meeting Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa ahead of the GCC summit in Riyadh on Wednesday, a day after announcing that the United States was lifting sanctions on Syria, a pool report from The Washington Post said. The announcement came despite concerns within parts of Trump’s administration because Sharaa was previously designated…

Pakistan told the UN Security Council that Israel’s recent air strikes across Syria were in flagrant violation of international law, and also undermined the country’s pursuit of political stabilisation and national reconciliation, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported on Friday. Earlier in the month, Israel stepped up airstrikes on Syria, declaring the attacks a warning…

Syria’s transitional President Ahmed al-Sharaa met Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh on Sunday, Saudi state news agency SPA reported. Live TV footage showed Sharaa shaking hands with the crown prince in the Saudi capital before sitting down for talks. The Syrian leader was accompanied on his visit by foreign minister, Asaad…

Syria’s interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa was en route to Saudi Arabia on Sunday for his first international visit since the toppling of Bashar al-Assad, his office said. The presidency posted a picture on X of Sharaa and his foreign minister aboard what appeared to be a private jet with the caption “President Sharaa and Asaad…

Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa was declared president for a transitional phase on Wednesday, tightening his hold on power less than two months after he led a campaign that toppled Bashar al-Assad. Sharaa was also empowered to form a temporary legislative council for a transitional period and the Syrian constitution was suspended, according to…

Syria’s foreign minister has told Saudi Arabian officials that the new leadership in Damascus wants to set up a government involving all parts of Syrian society following the overthrow of Bashar Al-Assad last month. Minister Asaad Hassan Al-Shibani was making the first foreign trip by a member of Syria’s new administration as Western and regional…

BEIRUT: Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has held talks with delegates of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an official said on Tuesday, adding that they had been “positive”. “A meeting took place on Monday between senior officials of the Syrian Democratic Forces and Jolani in Damascus,” the official said, using Sharaa’s nom de…