UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has urged Syria’s new government to initiate a comprehensive national reconciliation process to address decades of human rights violations. Speaking in Damascus on Wednesday during the first visit by a UN rights chief to Syria,

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Thursday his country is ready to welcome UN forces into the UN established buffer zone with Israel.

Syria 's interim leader Ahmad al-Sharaa has called Israel 's advances on his country's territory unacceptable, though he denied there would be any conflict. The Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader made the comments on Thursday as Israel continued to deepen its control in territory in southern Syria.

The new leadership of Syria is ready to accept a United Nations peacekeeping contingent, which will be deployed on the border with Israel.Syria's de facto

Syria's defence minister said Wednesday that Damascus was open to talks with Kurdish-led forces on their integration into the national army but stood ready to use force should negotiations fail."The door to negotiation with the (Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces) is currently open,

The United Nations human rights chief has called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong civil war, now that former leader Bashar Assad has been ousted and sent into e

GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk arrived in Syria's capital, Damascus, on Tuesday for the first ever visit of the global body's rights chief to the country.

UN Children's Agency says in December alone, 116 children were killed or injured by unexploded ordnance, and there were 422,000 incidents overall in past 9 years - Anadolu Ajansı

Syria's interim Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani told the World Economic Forum in Davos that his country offered

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Over 100 kids killed or injured in last month, UNICEF reports, as explosives litter country after almost 14 years of civil war; tens of millions of dollars needed to clear them

Syria is set to open its economy to foreign investment, as announced by Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani at the World Economic Forum. The nation plans to partner with Gulf states on energy projects and undergo constitutional reforms to ensure an inclusive political transition.