Ankara eyes lower customs duties and the reactivation of a free trade deal, though there are Syrian concerns it will cost Damascus economic autonomy

As insurgents raced across Syria in a surprise offensive launched in the country’s northwest late last year, officials from several

Syria 's de-facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa revealed on Thursday that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had congratulated him on his victory last month during a phone call following the collapse of former president Bashar al-Assad's government. This marks the first time Sharaa has acknowledged directly engaging with a head of state.

After more than fifty years of iron-fisted rule, the Assad regime in Syria was finally overthrown a few weeks ago. Leading the rebel onslaught against the regime was Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa, who is more commonly known by his nom de guerre of Mohammad al-Jolani.

Since the sudden downfall of Bashar al-Assad's government 50 days ago, Syria's transitional administration has been grappling with multiple challenges -- from surging violence to staggering economic instability.

More than 500 military and civilians have been killed as a result of fighting since the change of power in the Syrian Arab Republic. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) told Izvestiya. In recent weeks,

Nearly two million people, most of them homeless, live in camps near the Turkish border, where the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate. The hope of returning to their lands after the fall of the Assad regime seems distant.

Three concentric circles of domestic, regional, and global actors compete for power and influence in Syria because of the country’s unique position and status. It is a rare complete and consequential Arab country, due to its human and natural resources, strategic geography, and political, cultural, and ethnic ties in the Middle East and the world.

You can’t extinguish fire with fire. You can’t address a mistake with another mistake. You have to correct the situation in Syria.”

The former government was accused of killing thousands of mainly Sunni civilians in a crackdown on the peaceful protest movement that demanded its removal in March 2011. By the end of that year, Syria was in civil war, setting the scene for the rise of HTS and other religious armed groups.

Homs, SANA -The media office in Homs city announced that the security forces carried out a precise combing campaign in the villages of the western countryside of Homs, targeting outlaw elements.

Syria interim Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani on Monday welcomed the decision by the European Union EU to suspend sanctions against Damascu