A United Nations Security Council delegation arrived on Thursday in Syria, the first-ever visit to the country, state media reported. The delegation arrived via the Jdeidet Yabus border crossing between Lebanon and Syria and “is scheduled to meet a number of Syrian officials” and members of civil society, state news ...
Syria’s new authorities misread how Israel would respond to its troops deploying to the country’s south this week, encouraged by US messaging that Syria should be governed as a centralized state, Reuters reported, citing eight sources familiar with the matter. Israel carried out strikes on Syrian troops and on Damascus ...
