Running from 12 to 22 February 2026, the 76th Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) unfolded amid heightened political tensions and cultural debate, drawing criticism over its stance on the ...

The U.S. military has completed its withdrawal of American forces from al-Tanf Garrison in Syria, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Thursday. The departure, finalized Feb. 11, was carried out ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian government forces have taken control of a base in the east of the country that was run for years by U.S. troops as part of the war against the Islamic State group, the Defense ...

Ahmed al-sharaa’s international charm offensive has been impressive. Syria’s interim president has basked in applause at the United Nations and held court in private members’ clubs in New York. In May ...

Tom Barrack has had one of the most thankless jobs in the second Trump administration — working to resolve a fragile post-conflict stabilization process in Syria in light of deep congressional ...

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DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria ’s state-owned petroleum company signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. and Qatar on Wednesday for the development of the country’s first offshore oil and gas field ...

Over the course of a year, Ahmed al-Shara, a former al-Qaeda commander, did the seemingly impossible. He not only toppled a dictatorship that had ruled Syria for half a century but also, upon assuming ...

Syrian Interior Ministry forces prepare to enter the eastern Syrian city of Qamishli on February 3 after an agreement with the Syrian Democratic Forces. (SANA) Clashes between Damascus and the SDF ...

Syria is at a “major turning point”, said Noura Doukhi in L’Orient-Le Jour (Beirut). When the current president Ahmed al-Sharaa, the former leader of the Islamist group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), ...

‘Out of Athens,’ from Badrudin Ga’ur, is set up at Nordisk Film, ‘Chentian’ is directed by ‘The Syrian Bride’ and ‘Lemon Tree’ writer Suha Arraf Badrudin Ga’ur and Suha Arraf, top 2026 Nordic Film ...

Kamran Matin is affiliated with Kurdish Peace Institute. Many Kurdish people will be feeling betrayed by the US after the Syrian army, backed by the US and armed by Turkey, launched an offensive ...