President Donald Trump deserves credit for working to ensure the new Syrian government has a shot at stability and success, writes Colin Pascal.

Syrian President Ahmed Sharaa has arrived in Washington for an official visit, just two days after the US formally revoked his status as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. The former Islamist militant will meet US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, eleven months after his rebel alliance ousted Bashar al-Assad.

Fighters have settled across northern Syria, surprising displaced Syrians who've tried to return to their homes. Nearly a year after the war's end, sorting out property ownership remains a pressing issue.

Sharaa, a former Islamist rebel commander, met U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, becoming the first Syrian head of state to visit the White House in what was described as a "historic" visit. Just a year ago,

Sharaa's visit to the White House normalised relations between Damascus and Washington but left Israel out of the equation.

When the US was threatening force against Syria, fighting by both the government and the rebels dropped off. Now it's increasing again. And there's no guarantee that Bashar al-Assad will get rid of his chemical weapons according to the ambitious timetable ...

Pistachio farmers in northern Syria are facing one of their toughest seasons yet, as drought, pests and rising costs threaten a crop long considered the country’s “red gold”, Mustafa Rostom reports

He waited for his brother-in-law to cross the front line smuggling documents stolen from the Syrian dictatorship’s archives. Detection could mean dismemberment or death, but they were committed to exposing the industrial-scale violence used to keep President Bashar Assad in power.

As Israel’s head of military intelligence, he disregarded signs Egypt and Syria were about to attack in 1973. A commission blamed him for the lack of preparation.

(Reuters) -Israeli troops arrested suspected members of what the military called the Islamic Jemaah organisation during an overnight operation in the Syrian village of Beit Jin, the Israel Defence Forces said on Friday.