For the first time in 16 years, I took the opportunity to go to Damascus, where I was born but have never lived. I was expecting an emotional reckoning of the weight of reconnecting with a heritage I’ve been severed from for so long.

Year after end of the Assad regime’s reign of fear, Syrians are navigating political, diplomatic and security shifts redefining the nation’s future - Anadolu Ajansı

Massacres in the Alawi and Druze heartlands have rocked the country's transition, but Ahmad al-Sharaa has made huge progress on the diplomatic front

The new US envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, attended a flag-raising ceremony to inaugurate the US ambassador’s residence in Damascus yesterday. The ceremony was important because it shows how the US and Syria are quickly working to improve relations after more than a decade in which there was no US ambassador in Damascus.

Dec 8 - Supporters of rebels who ousted President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday have entered some Syrian embassies abroad to hoist their flag, while insurgents also entered the Italian envoy's residence in Damascus. Following are incidents at several embassies ...

Syria's new leaders, since taking power after ousting former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad last December, have sought to break from their violent past and present a more moderate image to ordinary Syrians and foreign powers.

DAMASCUS (Reuters) -The United States' newly-appointed Syria envoy said he believed peace between Syria and Israel was achievable as he made his first trip to Damascus on Thursday, praising the Islamist-led government and saying it was ready for dialogue.