The UN's high commissioner for refugees on Tuesday urged the international community to back Syria's reconstruction efforts to facilitate the return of millions of refugees.

Donald Trump’s pick to oversee 18 intelligence agencies with a $100 billion spy budget is facing renewed scrutiny over an unannounced trip to Syria in 2017 where she met with the now-deposed dictator twice.

New Damascus leadership says it's ready to cooperate with UN force, deploy troops to Golan to adhere to 1974 agreement that created a demilitarized zone Israel has now seized

A devastating report from the UN Syria Commission of Inquiry has shed light on systematic arbitrary detention, torture, and enforced disappearances carried out by the former Syrian Government, labelling them crimes against humanity and war crimes.

Returning the roughly six million Syrians who fled abroad and the millions who became internally displaced has been a main aim of Syria's new administration

The rebel chief who led the overthrow of the longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad has been declared the head of government for a transitional period.

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has been named president for the "transitional period", state media report, seven weeks after he led the rebel offensive that overthrew Bashar al-Assad.

The UN's high commissioner for refugees called during a visit to Lebanon on Thursday for the "sustainable" return of Syrian refugees to their home country following the ouster of former president Bashar al-Assad.

Ahmad al-Sharaa, Syria's new strongman since December 8, has been appointed as the country's interim president. He has been tasked with forming a "temporary" legislative council, whose mandate will last throughout the "transition period." This phase's duration was not specified.

Trump is reportedly planning to withdraw US troops from Syria, while Israel has said it will entrench its occupation in the country for the foreseeable future.

Former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard could face tough questions in US Senate confirmation hearings over past controversies.

Syria's new authority demanded, during talks with UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix on Wednesday, Israel's withdrawal from Syrian territory it occupied in the Golan Heights following the ousting of former Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad in December.