Syria’s al-Sharaa Seeks Reset in Russia Relations in Putin Meeting

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said Wednesday he wanted to “redefine” relations with Moscow as Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted him in Moscow, their first meeting since key Kremlin ally Bashar al-Assad was ousted last year. In front of...

Syria's Sharaa seeks reset in Russia relations in Putin meeting

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said Wednesday he wants to "redefine" relations with Moscow as Russian President Vladimir Putin hosts him in Moscow, their first meeting since key Kremlin ally Bashar al-Assad was ousted last year. In front of the...

Syrian leader seeks reset in Russia relations in Putin meeting

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said Wednesday he wanted to "redefine" relations with Moscow as Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted him in Moscow, their first meeting since key Kremlin ally Bashar al-Assad was ousted last year. In front of...

Syria’s interim president visits Putin in Moscow for first meeting since fall of Assad regime

By Catherine Nicholls, Anna Chernova and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Syria’s interim president, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, travelled to Moscow for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, the first face-to-face contact the pair have had....

Syrian Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa Meets Putin in Moscow to Strengthen Bilateral Ties

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, shown on the right, and Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa speak during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Reuters The interim president of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa,...

Syrian president in first visit to Moscow as former enemies hold talks

The Syrian president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, travelled to Moscow on Wednesday for talks with Vladimir Putin, marking their first meeting since the fall of the Kremlin ally Bashar al-Assad and his subsequent exile in Russia. The talks underscored...

Syrian leader seeks to ‘redefine’ relations with Russia

Ahmed al-Sharaa meets Putin in Moscow in first contact since overthrow of Assad PUBLISHED : 15 Oct 2025 at 20:45 MOSCOW - Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said Wednesday he wanted to “redefine” relations with Moscow as Russian President Vladimir...

Attempt to Smuggle 200,000 Captagon Pills into Syria Foiled

Attempt to Smuggle 200,000 Captagon Pills into Syria Foiled ARK News.. The Syrian General Authority for Land and Maritime Crossings announced that customs officers successfully thwarted an attempt to smuggle nearly 200,000 Captagon pills hidden...

Syrian Youth Gang Member With 200 Crimes Finally Arrested in Germany After Turning 14

A 14-year-old Syrian boy accused of committing around 200 crimes has been arrested in northern Germany after years of violent offenses that terrorized towns in Schleswig-Holstein. Known to police as Mohamad H., the teenager was taken into custody...

Makeshift Oil Refineries Spread “Toxins” in Deir Ezzor in Syria

Deir Ezzor – Obadah al-Sheikh Residents of rural Deir Ezzor (eastern Syria) live a daily struggle with the “primitive oil refineries” that have been spewing toxic fumes for years. Since oil wells slipped out of the control of the former Syrian...

How Two Years Of Gaza War Altered The Middle East’s Power Balance

New Delhi: The war in Gaza has left its imprint far beyond the strip itself. Lebanon, Syria, Iran and Yemen feel its consequences. Analysts say the conflict has reshaped the Middle East and shifted the world’s engagement with the region. Talking...

Israeli strikes kill three in Lebanon before army targets UN patrol

Israeli strikes in southern and eastern Lebanon have killed three people, despite a ceasefire that began almost a year ago, the Lebanese Ministry of Health said. Lebanese authorities initially said that two people had been killed in Israeli...

Lebanon says Israeli strikes kill three

Lebanon's health ministry said on Sunday that Israeli strikes on the country's south and east had killed three people, despite an ongoing ceasefire deal. Israel claimed it had targeted two members of Hezbollah, without providing any evidence....

Israeli Airstrikes on Southern Lebanon Kill 4 and Injure 2 Amid Escalating Cross-Border Tensions

Beirut/Jerusalem, October 27: Four people were killed and two others wounded in separate Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, media reported. The country's state-run National News Agency said on Sunday that Israeli drones and warplanes targeted...

What is now known about Catherine Connolly's trip to Syria?

In June 2018, Catherine Connolly travelled to Syria as part of a group which included fellow TDs Maureen O’Sullivan, Mick Wallace, and Clare Daly. Throughout her campaign, Ms Connolly has consistently described the visit as a "fact-finding...

The Human Rights Ground Rules for Normalization of Syria-Russia Relations

Available in: Fadel Abdulghany Normalization of the relations between Syria and Russia after years of the unlawful Russian military intervention in Syria represents unprecedented challenges for international law and transitional justice. Since...

The terrorist who took over Damascus

Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa was born in October 1982 in Saudi Arabia, returning to Damascus as a small child. In 1967, his grandfather was forcibly displaced from Fiq, then a small town in the Golan Heights in south-western Syria. The latter part of...

Exclusive: Syria’s Kurdish Region’s Ongoing Conflict with an Extremist Regime

Qamishli, the largest city in Rojava, Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), Syria. Photo by Antonio Graceffo. When you cross the border from Iraqi Kurdistan into the Kurdish autonomous region of Syria, called Rojava, formally...

Catherine Connolly says meeting militia leader linked to war crimes ‘didn’t take from’ trip to Syria

On a visit to Kerry, the presidential candidate said the focus of the trip was to learn about the challenges faced by Palestinian refugees Ms Connolly and an Irish delegation, which included Mick Wallace and Clare Daly, visited a Palestinian...

How Assad's Syria moved the bodies of its victims

Under Bashar al-Assad, a Syrian government operation to move bodies to mass graves was so massive that truckers, including those carrying ice cream, meat and produce, were forced to hand over their vehicles and get their hands dirty to keep the...