EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said she expected the bloc to agree Monday to begin easing sanctions on Syria after the ouster of Bashar al-Assad.

Under Assad, Syria became one of the most heavily sanctioned countries in the world. After Assad, the EU wants to inject ...

A six-phase “road map” prepared by the EU’s foreign service advocates a “staged approach” to lifting sanctions on the country ...

The foreign ministers will discuss the use of frozen Russian assets and the 16th package of sanctions against Russia ...

The European Union may soon suspend sanctions on Syria related to energy and transport but has yet to agree on whether to ...

The shift is based on an assessment done by the UN in January, weeks after Assad was ousted by Islamist rebels, bringing an abrupt end to a 13-year civil war that had created one of the biggest refuge ...

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Saturday called on Western governments to remove sanctions against Syria as they are an "obstacle" to the return of millions of refugees. The number ...

The United Nations refugee chief says some 200,000 refugees have returned to Syria from neighboring countries since the ...

After Assad’s fall, al-Baghdadi was finally able to return. Like many, he was euphoric and hoped it would pave the way for ...

The E.U. is moving to ease sanctions in a bid to sway how HTS leads Syria’s transition and to further curb Russian influence ...

Hamas has announced the names of the next four hostages it will release this weekend as part of a ceasefire deal with Israel ...

(AP) — Hamas announced Friday the names of the next four hostages it plans to release this weekend as part of a fragile ceasefire deal with Israel that has paused the war in Gaza. There was no ...