Ukraine’s returning POWs said to include civilians captured by Russia in Mariupol in 2022, while US President Joe Biden announces a $2.5-billion military aid package – supplemented by $3.4-billion in direct budgetary aid – that will ‘strengthen Ukraine’s hand as it heads into the winter’.

The visit follows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announcing a large shipment of wheat flour to war-torn Syria as the two countries pursue a reset after years of tensions over former President Bashar al-Assad’s alliance with Russia.

Shibani, on Monday urged Kuwait to reopen its embassy in Damascus and resume relations with Syria following the downfall of Bashar al-Assad.

Foreign minister reiterates openness to contacts with 'all active socio-political forces in Syria' - Anadolu Ajansı

The rebels capturing Damascus marked a turning point for Syria, which had been shattered by more than 13 years of war which turned cities to rubble, killed hundreds of thousands of people and forced millions to flee abroad as refugees.

The rapid downfall of Syrian leader Bashar Assad has touched off a new round of delicate geopolitical maneuvering between Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

By The Associated Press Ukraine’s foreign minister met with Syria’s de facto leader Ahmad al-Sharaa in Damascus on Monday, days after Kyiv announced the delivery of a large shipment of

Syria’s new Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani says he has accepted an invitation from his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah to visit, in what would be his first official foreign trip.

Over the Christmas festival, beginning with Christmas Eve, Israeli forces were burning northern Gaza’s last functioning hospital after detaining 200+ staff

Al Jazeera has released a new video that it says shows Russian combat jets still at Khmeimim Air Base in Syria despite ongoing withdrawals. The fate of Russia’s presence at Khmeimim, as well as its Tartus naval base,

Clashes erupted last week in several cities across Syria between Assad supporters and the new government, which is led by Islamist rebels.