Topic: Assad

Arab League members agreed Sunday to reinstate Syria back into its coalition and urged the country to take action to end its nearly 12-year civil war.

European lawmakers on Monday blacklisted more than two dozen people, including family members of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

The Biden administration announced on Tuesday new sanctions against the Syrian government and drug traffickers from Lebanon for the production and distribution of illegal drugs to support Bashar al-Assad's regime.

President Joe Biden ordered airstrikes in northeast Syria Thursday in retaliation for a drone strike that killed an American contractor and wounded six others, including five U.S. service members.

The administration of President Joe Biden has blacklisted a Syrian intelligence officer seen in decade-old footage made public last year killing dozens of people during a Damascus neighborhood massacre.

U.S. forces in northeast Syria shot down an Iranian drone that was conducting reconnaissance near a patrol base, U.S. Central Command announced.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday 8,000 people have been pulled alive from the earthquake rubble in his country over the past week. The death toll for the quake has now reached 41,000.

The death toll after two earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria last week has risen to more than 33,000, according to the latest figures on Sunday.

The United States on Thursday announced $85 million in aid for Turkey and U.S. partner organizations in Syria after devastating earthquakes this week left more than 20,000 people dead.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday pledged assistance to victims of massive earthquakes that killed thousands in Turkey and Syria this week.