A couple claim their wedding anniversary was ruined when their luxury resport holiday looked more like 'war-torn Syria or Beirut' than a four-star hotel. Robbie and Dawn Bennett flew out with two friends for a £3,700 two-week, all-inclusive On The Beach holiday in Safaga, Egypt, to celebrate their 11th wedding anniversary in September.

Gabbard’s 2017 trip to Syria, where she met with authoritarian leader Bashar al-Assad, is expected to be a focus of questions from senators weighing her nomination to be director of national intelligence.

Syria's new leader Ahmad Sharaa called on Lebanon on Saturday to forget about the past "negative" relations resulting from decades of the Assad family's rule, promising to resolve all lingering issues and establish long-term strategic ties.

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati will meet Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on Saturday, two Lebanese sources said, becoming the first head of government to visit Syria's capital since the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

Syria’s new government has strongly condemned Israel’s incursions into a U.N.-monitored buffer zone, urging the international community to pressure Israel into withdrawing.

Beirut (Lebanon) (AFP) – Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa told visiting Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Friday that he was ready to stem "illegal immigration" to Europe, the European diplomat said. "Sharaa says he is ready to block illegal ...

Assad’s government in December 2024 created new possibilities to ensure accountability for years of atrocity crimes and the opportunity to establish a new government that respects human rights.

Intelligence officials in Syria's new de facto government thwarted a plan by the Islamic State group to set off a bomb at a Shiite shrine in the Damascus suburb of Sayyida Zeinab, state media reported Saturday.

Dutch investigation reveals that the prominent activist, a refugee in the Netherlands, returned to Syria following promises made by spy

Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa hope ... Office/AFP - Omar Haj Kadour with Layal Abou Rahal in Beirut Syria’s new ruler and Lebanon’s prime minister pledged ...

U.S., French and German envoys have warned Syria's new Islamist rulers that their appointment of foreign jihadists to senior military posts is a security concern and bad for their image as they try to forge ties with foreign states,