The overthrow of Assad has made Turkey the main current external actor in Syria, but now it is facing growing competition from regional and extra-regional players. Although in economic matters, competition may benefit Ankara, in security matters, it is more obvious and risky for Turkey, writes Kamr

voiced opposition to a potential visit by Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa to Iraq for the

Join our Whatsapp channel DAMASCUS: Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced on Sunday

Bashar al-Assad. Diplomats have held talks with Hayat Tahrir al Sham( HTS) leader Ahmad al Sharaa

Join our Whatsapp channel Syria will have a new government next month, Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said on Wednesday, with interim authorities having ruled the country after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad.“ The government that will be launched March 1 will represent the Syrian people as much as possible and take its diversity into account, ” Shaibani said on the sidelines of the World Governments Summit in the United Arab Emirates. The rebels that seized power installed an interim gover

The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said a drone strike on a car killed Bayraqdar. Last Sunday, CENTCOM said it killed “ a senior finance and logistics official ” in Hurras al-Din.... That came after CENTCOM last month reported killing another senior Hurras al-Din operative, Muham-mad Salah al-Zabir, in an air strike also in the northwest. The US-based SITE Intelligence Group said Hurras al-Din was founded in Feb 2018.... The group did not publicly confirm its all

Join our Whatsapp channel BEIRUT: Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said on Saturday that Syria’s new rulers, who ousted the Lebanese armed group’s ally Bashar al-Assad, should not recognise neighbouring Israel or establish ties with it.“ We hope that this new party in power will see Israel as an enemy and not normalise relations with it, ” Qassem said in a televised speech, his first public remarks since Islamist-led rebels toppled Assad following an offensive launched on Nov 27, the same day that a

The statement said the targets were “ war criminals and those involved in crimes who refused to hand over their weapons and go to the settlement centres ” but also “ fugitives from justice, in addition to hidden ammunition and weapons ”.... Alawi fear backlash against their community both as a religious minority and because of its long association with the Assad family.... It hailed a “ significant step in reconnecting the region ”, about a month after Islamist-led rebels toppled Syria’s longt

At the talks his administration was represented by foreign minister Asaad al-Shaibani. SanctionsThe US Treasury Department earlier said it would ease the enforcement of restrictions affecting essential services such as energy and sanitation.... But officials in Washington said they would wait to “ see progress ” before any wider easing of sanctions. Western powers, including the United States and the EU, imposed heavy sanctions on Assad’s government over crackdown on anti-government protests in

Join our Whatsapp channel TARTOUS: Russia is pulling back its military from the front lines in northern Syria and from posts in the Alawite Mountains but is not leaving its two main bases in the country after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, four Syrian officials said. The ousting of Assad, who along with his late father, former President Hafez al-Assad, had forged a close alliance with Moscow, has thrown the future of Russia’s bases — the Hmeimim airbase in Latakia and the Tartous naval f