Washington has eased sanctions and appointed a special envoy to Damascus to oversee its path to “greatness” promised by the US president

US President Donald Trump has said he will lift sanctions on Syria, reversing more than a decade of US policy aimed at pressuring Damascus.

Syria's new authorities announced on Wednesday they are forming a National Security Council, to be chaired by interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa.

IDF troops are to stay for an “unlimited time” on territories seized in December, Defense Minister Israel Katz has said

Syria's leader vowed to hunt down the perpetrators of violent clashes pitting loyalists of deposed President Bashar al-Assad against the country's new rulers, as a war monitoring group said over 1,000 people had been killed.

Washington’s envoy said it would be “incoherent” to negotiate with someone on a wanted terrorist list

The Israeli PM delivered a speech from the summit of Mount Hermon, promising to “stay in this important place”

It has been nine days since Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allied rebels ousted president Bashar al-Assad from power in Syria.

The ousted Syrian leader has said he planned to keep fighting and did not seek refuge until the capital had fallen

Assad fled Syria after a lightning offensive spearheaded by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group and its allies, which brought a sudden end to five decades of repressive rule by his clan.

Events in Syria have created a window of opportunity, sources have told the Times of Israel

France and UN have called on West Jerusalem to respect “territorial integrity” of Syria and withdraw its troops from demilitarized area