December 5, 2024 - In an interview with CNN, Al-Sharaa publicly uses his real name for the first time instead of the name Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, by which he is widely known. He makes it clear that ...

Syrian opposition fighters appear to be making significant gains on the battlefield this week, following an offer by their top political leader for negotiations with the regime of President Bashar ...

UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura has said that peace talks on Syria will push for a nationwide ceasefire for all parties other than the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and ...

President Donald Trump praised Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa — the former leader of the al-Qaeda-backed al-Nusra Front — during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on ...

Turkey’s intelligence agency asked ​its British counterpart MI6 last month to take a larger role in protecting Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa after recent assassination plots, according to five ...

Discover Maaloula, Syria, a sacred Christian town where Aramaic, the language of Jesus Christ, is still spoken. This historic village, situated high above the deserts of southwestern Syria, has been a ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iraq's al Qaeda wing has united with a kindred Syrian group in the frontline of a struggle to oust President Bashar al-Assad, sharpening a dilemma for nations that back the revolt, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump praised Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa -- the former leader of the al-Qaeda-backed al-Nusra Front -- ...

His family moved back to Syria in 1989, and he grew up in Damascus. Went by the pseudonym Abu Mohammad al-Jolani for many years. December 2012 - The US State Department designates Jabhat al-Nusra a ...