Despite the rhetoric about a global war against Islamist terrorism, the US has long utilised reactionary Islamist groups in ...

Qatar closed its embassy in Damascus in July 2011, following attacks by supporters of Bashar al-Assad's regime - Anadolu ...

The Middle East's regional powers had been pursuing reconciliation. Syria's post-Assad transition will put that to the test.

For years Turkey and Qatar backed what had been written off as the losing side in Syria’s civil war. With the Assad regime’s ...

Qatar reopened its embassy in Damascus on Saturday, 13 years after it was closed early in Syria's civil conflict, as foreign governments seek to establish ties with the country's new rulers.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli troops will occupy a buffer zone inside Syria for the foreseeable ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli forces will stay in a buffer zone on the Syrian border, and specifically on ...

Ankara's growing military presence in Syria has led to a diplomatic clash between former allies Israel and Turkey. Turkish ...

Ahmed al-Shara stressed diplomacy in an interview but criticized Israel’s advance into Syrian territory. A statement said to ...

Syria’s new regime, led by a group with former ties to al Qaeda, is on a mission to gain international legitimacy – and it’s ...