Tag: Syria
Trump strengthens ties with Syria, urges Israel not to interfere
Less than a week after six Israeli soldiers were wounded in clashes in the village of Beit Jinn in southern Syria, President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social that it was...
Going ‘amazingly,’ Trump says of ‘working with Israel on getting along with Syria’
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa met with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday in the first time that a Syrian head of state has visited the White House.
Trump spoke to reporters about the Oval Office...
Syrian president rejects joining Abraham Accords
Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa rejected the possibility of his country joining the Abraham Accords on Monday during his first visit to the United States.
Speaking with former CIA director David Petraeus at the Concordia summit...
Syrian president says Israel security talks may yield deal soon
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Wednesday that ongoing security negotiations with Israel may soon yield a formal agreement.
During a briefing before his trip to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the...
UN Security Council calls for accountability on Syria, criticizes Israel
The reason that the U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting about the situation in Syria was not the “systematic prosecution of minorities in Syria and the dangerous consequences that extend far beyond its...
Third-century queen, target of Syrian government, may have converted to Judaism
The third-century Palmyra queen Zenobia, who ruled in present-day Syria from about 267 or 268 to 272, stands on a dais among her soldiers in Giovanni Battista Tiepolo’s c. 1725-1730 painting in the collection of Washington’s...
Trump orders end of sanctions on Syrian government institutions
U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Monday removing longstanding sanctions on the Syrian government while maintaining sanctions on the regime of deposed Syrian President Bashar Assad and other destabilizing actors.
The executive...
Trump ‘looking at normalization with Syria’ after meeting al-Sharaa
U.S. President Donald Trump met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh on Tuesday ahead of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit, a day after announcing the lifting of all U.S. sanctions on Damascus.
The meeting marked...
Syria confirms indirect talks with Israel to ‘contain’ tensions
Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Wednesday that his government is engaged in indirect talks with Israel aimed at de-escalating tensions between the two countries, following a series of Israeli airstrikes in the wake...
Syria’s al-Sharaa must normalize ties with Jerusalem or accept IDF presence
Syria, along with the rest of the Middle East, is undergoing unprecedented changes and Israel has announced its intention to protect its borders. As part of this effort, the Israel Defense Forces reported that...