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Prisons were central to the Assad family's brutality. They may also be key to future trials against the regime, writes Robin ...
The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen announced on Thursday that he would step down "in the near future" ...
Syrian and Israeli officials have been holding talks about security arrangements along their shared border as part of U.S.-mediated efforts to reset decades of hostility.
CLARKE is Director of Research at The Soufan Group and a Senior Research Fellow at The Soufan Center. Nine months after the ...
Syria’s foreign minister is in Washington, kicking off the first official visit to the United States by a top Syrian official ...
Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani made a historic visit to Capitol Hill on Thursday, the first Syrian government representative to hold official meetings with the United States in 25 ...
UNITED NATIONS — The official who steered the U.N.’s diplomacy in Syria for nearly seven turbulent years announced Thursday ...
The shake-up comes as Washington seeks to integrate its Syrian Kurdish allies with the central administration in Damascus.
Pedersen was appointed as the U.N.'s special envoy to Syria in 2018, seven years into the country's civil war. Amid the chaos, Islamic State group militants took over significant parts of the nation.
Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa has said that security talks with Israel are a “necessity” and could lead to results in the ...
Forty-seven French citizens suspected of being Islamic State members have been handed over to Iraq for prosecution ...