During a visit to Saudi Arabia, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced plans to lift crippling sanctions on Syria, marking a major policy shift by Washington after 14 years of civil war. The country has been isolated by United States and European Union sanctions over the conflict,

The EU said that it would monitor developments in Syria to see ... announced it was lifting sanctions on a dozen Syrian entities, including government departments and state-run media outlets.

Ankara, in line with its own security and threat assessments in the region, is open to addressing any issue that would serve bilateral cooperation with Damascus, say diplomatic sources - Anadolu Ajans

Syrian authorities in Damascus this week detained two senior officials of the Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad group and briefly detained and questioned the leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, FLP-GC, that since its founding had been a key ally of Assad.

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham aims to establish a Salafi regime in Damascus, opposed by Syria's minorities, says Kurdish leader.

The Cypriot foreign ministry on Friday said it is “following with concern the developments in neighbouring Syria” amid the latest outbreak of violence in the country. Clashes have broken out between Syrian government forces and armed Druze groups in the country’s southeastern Rif Dimashq and Suwayda governorates,