President Donald Trump is preparing to welcome Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Monday in what officials describe as a historic step toward testing whether Damascus can be drawn back into diplomacy ...

Ramy Inocencio is a CBS News foreign correspondent based in London, covering Europe and the Middle East. He joined the Network in 2019 as CBS News' Asia correspondent, based in Beijing and reporting ...

The visit by President Ahmed al-Shara is another step in the transformation of the former rebel leader once wanted by the United States as a terrorist. By Christina Goldbaum and Zolan Kanno-Youngs ...

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in the U.S. on Saturday for ahead of his landmark meeting with President Trump, his country's state news agency reported, a day after Washington removed him ...

Netanyahu pledges support for Druze minority during visit Israel has expanded military presence in Syria post-Assad Syria demands return to original buffer zone, Israel refuses US-brokered talks for ...

The White House is preparing to deploy the United States military to an air base in the Syrian capital of Damascus to help shore up a potential security pact between Syria and Israel that U.S.

"Russia’s underwater clandestine service, manning its covert submarine fleet and specialist naval commandos, is one of the ...

The decision comes days before the Syrian president, Ahmed al-Shara, is expected in Washington for the first time since he came to power. By Ephrat Livni The United Nations Security Council voted on ...

DAMASCUS — The U.S. is plunging deeper into a geopolitical and sectarian maelstrom in Syria under the leadership of a president who six years ago tried to pull America out of the country, as part of ...

Less than a year after his lightning power grab, Syria’s president is capping his transformation from jihadist to global statesman in a historic visit to the White House that says as much about the ...

The Oval Office is a long way from Abu Ghraib. When he was greeted by President Donald Trump on Monday, Ahmad al-Sharaa completed his journey from jihadist leader to head of state receiving a warm ...

When Germany opened its doors to refugees escaping war in the Middle East, more people arrived from Syria than any other country – finding homes, getting jobs, starting families. A question mark now ...