A Syrian and an Israeli official are expected to meet in Baku later Saturday on the sidelines of President Ahmed al-Sharaa's ...

News about Bashar al-Assad, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Less than two weeks after Ahmad al-Sharaa ousted Bashar al-Assad in Syria, a U.S. State Department delegation arrived in ...

Israel used Syrian airspace for its strikes on Iran last month, and the two countries are discussing a non-aggression pact ...

A Syrian and Israeli official will meet in Baku on Saturday, discussing Israeli military presence in Syria, amid Sharaa’s ...

Syrian interim President Ahmad Al-Sharaa reportedly attended secret meetings with Israeli officials in Azerbaijan, despite denials from Damascus. The talks focused on a potential security agreement, ...

The region is relieved about de-escalation. But it is also alarmed about an unrestrained Israel, writes H.A. Hellyer.

Syria and Israel have held direct talks, according to Israeli media, about potentially entering into a normalisation ...

Israel said Monday it is "interested" in striking peace agreements with neighbouring Lebanon and Syria, a potentially ...

A core misconception about Israel’s policy since Oct. 7 is that the country has favored military action at the expense of diplomacy. The truth is that it’s Israel’s decisive battlefield victories that ...

Middle East adversaries Israel and Syria have held discussions for weeks about normalization, officials say.

The president says setting back Iran’s nuclear program and reducing its proxies on the ground go a long way to encouraging ...