QASTAL MAAF, Syria, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Rifaat Ismail's shoes sink into the ash where olive groves once flourished. Around him, the hills of Beit Awan village lie skeletal -- blackened trunks, hollow ...

United Nations sanctions monitors have seen no "active ties" this year between Al Qaeda and the Islamist group leading ...

China never intervened military in Syria, but it did support the Assad regime in other ways. After Assad's fall, China faces a complicated dilemma. The post China Will Approach Post-Assad Syria ...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, his first visit to China since 2004 and his latest bid to end more than a decade of diplomatic isolation under ...

Syria had not been not a central pillar of China's Middle East strategy, Jesse Marks, a non-resident fellow with the Stimson Centre's China programme and a former US defence adviser, said, adding ...

Al-Assad’s fall in Syria: What’s at stake for China? China quietly aligned with al-Assad through UNSC vetoes, investments and aid, but has not been directly involved in the war like Iran or ...

President Donald Trump has an historic opportunity right now. He will soon travel to Saudi Arabia. Can the president seize the moment and reshape the Middle East?

David Lammy pledges £96m in aid as Britain seeks to outmanoeuvre Russia and Iran - but analysts warn the fragile new regime ...

Syria joined China's flagship Belt and Road Initiative in 2022, but there have been no significant investments by Chinese firms since, partly due to sanctions.

China on Monday said it “supports Syria’s efforts to maintain national security and stability” after a shock armed opposition-led offensive saw government forces lose control of Aleppo.

China's ties with Syria are being tested by the sudden downfall of Beijing-friendly Bashar al-Assad, but analysts predict China and the new government in Damascus will take a pragmatic approach to ...