President Donald Trump will host Ahmad al-Sharaa for talks, a first-ever visit by a Syrian president to the White House.

Syria has held its first parliamentary elections since Bashar Assad was ousted nearly a year ago.

Iraq’s prime minister has kept the country on the sidelines as military conflicts raged nearby for almost two years.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order ending U.S. sanctions on Syria, following through on a promise.

Lebanon’s president says the disarmament of the militant group Hezbollah will come through negotiations as part of a national defense strategy and not through “force.”.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday sought to position his country as a point of stability in an increasingly tumultuous world, saying Turkey was essential for European security and able to span geopolitical divisions over Ukraine, Syria and U.