Ukraine and Syria pledged greater security cooperation in talks on Sunday, as Kyiv seeks to promote its military expertise across the region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/06/world/politics/ukraine-syria-security-zelenskyy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #volodymyrzelenskyy #syria #ahmedsharaa

A Trump Tower in Damascus, a detente with Israel and U.S. access to Syria's oil and gas are part of Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa's pitch for face time with U.S. President Donald Trump during his trip to the Middle East. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/13/world/politics/trump-tower-damascus-syria-sanctions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #syria #us #republicans #donaldtrump #ahmedsharaa

The United States encouraged its Syrian Kurdish allies to reach a landmark deal with the Islamist-led government in Damascus, which could stave off further conflict in northern Syria. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/13/world/politics/us-syrian-kurds-damascus-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #syria #kurds #damascus #middleeast #ahmedsharaa

The Kurdish-led and U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, which controls much of Syria's oil-rich northeast, signed a deal with the Damascus government on Monday to join Syria's new state institutions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/11/world/politics/syria-president-kurdish-sdf-merge/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ahmedsharaa #syria #middleeast #kurds

Syria's leader has vowed to hunt down the perpetrators of violent clashes pitting loyalists of deposed President Bashar Assad against the country's new Islamist rulers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/10/world/syria-sharaa-assad-violence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #basharassad #ahmedsharaa #syria #middleeast

Syrian leader Ahmed Sharaa called for peace on Sunday after hundreds were killed in coastal areas in the worst communal violence since the fall of Bashar Assad. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/09/world/syrias-communal-clashes-continue/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #ahmedsharaa #basharassad #syria #syriancivilwar

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has been declared president for a transitional phase, tightening his hold on power less than two months after he led a campaign that toppled Bashar Assad. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/30/world/politics/syria-sharaa-president-transition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ahmedsharaa #syria #middleeast

Syria hopes for strategic partnerships with Ukraine, as Kyiv moves to build ties with the new Islamist rulers in Damascus amid waning Russian influence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/31/world/politics/syria-ukraine-food-aid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #andriisybiha #ahmedsharaa #syria #ukraine #volodymyrzelenskyy