Saudi and Syrian officials announced deals ranging from aviation to telecommunications, offering a much-needed boost to Syria’s battered economy.
Chevron has signed an initial agreement to start working in Syria, weeks after the Syrian government seized control of key oil and gas fields in the north of the country.
On The Times’s Visual Investigations team, Christiaan Triebert combines social media sleuthing and traditional reporting to piece together complex stories.
Without protection for the Kurds and other ethnic minorities, Syria will never be stable.
The long-anticipated agreement closes a period of intense uncertainty in northeastern Syria after rebel forces led by Ahmed al-Sharaa, who is now the president, seized power in December 2024.
President Vladimir V. Putin and President Ahmed al-Sharaa are looking to build ties after the fall of the Russia-backed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.
Syria’s government and Kurdish-led forces in the country’s northeast have clashed as President Ahmed al-Sharaa seeks to extend his authority across the entire country.
The repressive Taliban government is suspicious of the internet. But a start-up in the country is building blockchain-based tools to transform humanitarian aid.
Tras arremeter contra Europa en un largo discurso en Davos, el presidente dijo que había logrado un acuerdo sobre el futuro del territorio ártico.
The brother and uncle of Syrian tyrants, he commanded a unit that killed up to 40,000 civilians in a 1982 uprising against his family’s rule.
The initiative is the latest example of the president dismantling the post-World War II international system and building a new one, with himself at the center.
After assailing Europe in a long speech at Davos, the president said he had won an agreement on the future of the Arctic territory.
The U.S. military said it has transferred 150 and could eventually move as many as 7,000 Islamic State fighters out of prisons in Syria’s northeast to Iraq, as the Syrian government wrestles for control of the region from Kurdish-led forces.
The U.S. envoy to Syria said Washington was confident the Syrian government could take over the country’s fight against the Islamic State terrorist group.
As the government moves to assert control over areas under Kurdish rule, it will be the latest test of President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s pledge to form an inclusive administration that empowers minorities.
El número de multimillonarios se ha disparado en el mundo, pero a menudo pagan impuestos a tasas muy inferiores a la media. Además: tragedia ferroviaria en España y adiós a Valentino.
Un año después de la caída del dictador, los sirios regresan a un país sin un plan claro de reconstrucción.
The number of billionaires has exploded, yet they often pay taxes at rates well below average.
New tensions flared a day after a Kurdish-led militia agreed to hand over control of prisons holding some 8,000 Islamic State fighters to the Syrian government.
A year after the dictator fell, Syrians are returning to a country with no clear plan for rebuilding.
The new deal also calls for a cease-fire. Government forces have taken strategic assets from the militia in recent days, weakening the force.
Government troops drew closer to Raqqa, the largest city overseen by the Kurds, raising U.S. concerns about the renewal of a wider conflict in the region.
President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s announcement comes after days of deadly clashes between government and Kurdish forces that have underscored the difficulty he faces in uniting the country.
Federal officials said the move was meant to discourage immigration by people who they deemed likely to rely on public benefits.
The nearly 14-year civil war prevented Syrians from traveling freely to many parts of their own country. After the conflict ended a year ago, a group of outdoor enthusiasts began exploring newly accessible areas, fueled by a sense of adventure and hope.
The takeover ended one of the worst outbreaks of violence between the central government and the Kurdish-led forces since the end of the civil war just over a year ago.
Soaring needs and wealthy countries’ focus on Ukraine have left aid agencies with too little money to address the world’s other crises, forcing them to cut programs.