No country has as much to gain from a stable Syria as Turkey, and few have as much to lose if it implodes. Turkey is home to more than 3m Syrian refugees, and wants Syria to be safe enough for many to return.

But since he and his fellow jihadists advanced from Idlib, their northern enclave, and toppled the Assads on December 8th, such rulings have come thick and fast from Mr Sharaa, who has also ordered the commander to leave crosses on top of old churches,

The new administration's approach to governing must include "different groups" and women, and "no radicalization", the European Union's foreign-policy chief said.

Syria's interim Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, who has repeatedly called for lifting long-standing sanctions, attended the talks alongside foreign ministers and representatives from Bahrain, Egypt, Turkiye, the United Arab Emirates, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States, and other countries.

Assad’s regime on December 8 has put Syria in the spotlight once again. Following over a decade of conflict, the killing of

Abdul Rahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi, an Egyptian poet and dissident, was detained in Lebanon earlier this month and extradited to the United Arab Emirates ... to go and fight in Syria after the start ...

Today, the President of the United Arab Emirates, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, welcomed President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi at Abu Dhabi International Airport. Following the reception ceremony,

In yet another piece of the jigsaw puzzle of a new Middle East, Mr. As-Sudani sees reining in the Iranian-backed Iraqi Shiite militias as key to preventing Iraq from being sucked into Israel’s wars. Mr. As-Sudani, like the United States, views Iran’s weakening as a window of opportunity.

Syria’s new Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan ... alongside foreign ministers from the region including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and ...

Foreign ministers from Arab and Western countries held a meeting in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Sunday to discuss the situation in Syria following last month’s fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime.

the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, as well as the U.N. special envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen. Discussions would focus on support for the interim Syrian ...

Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa and the president of United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan agreed in a phone call on the