Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this photo released by Egypt's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, delegates and foreign ministers of member states convene at the ...

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa received an invitation to travel to Baghdad for an Arab Summit to be held in May, according to Syrian state media. The invite was widely expected. Sharaa has met with ...

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BEIRUT — A little white pill has given Syrian President Bashar Assad powerful leverage with his Arab neighbors, who have been willing to bring him out of pariah status in hopes he will stop the flow ...

CAIRO — Arab government representatives in Cairo voted Sunday to return Syria to the Arab League after a 12-year suspension, according to the organization. The vote in the Egyptian capital came days ...

The Arab Book Award is taking part in the 2026 Damascus International Book Fair, which runs through February 16, with a ...

Iran's Foreign Minister welcomed during a trip to Damascus on Thursday Arab outreach to Syria's internationally-isolated government after an earthquake struck Turkey and the war-torn country last ...

The Arab League agreed Sunday to reinstate Syria, ending a 12-year suspension and taking another step toward bringing Syrian President Bashar Assad, a long-time regional pariah, back into the fold.

Twelve years after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was shunned, Arab countries have gradually welcomed his regime back into the fold -- as victor of a war that has yet to end. Despite Assad not yet ...

Syria may be a largely closed society, but students from Europe and America are flocking there to study Arabic. They're drawn by the inexpensive tuition and housing rates, as well as the relative ...