The French and German foreign ministers are the most senior Western officials to visit Syria since longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad was toppled by rebels.

The crimes of the regime, whose horrors I witnessed at Sednaya Prison, must not go unpunished,' says French Foreign Minister ...

Sanctions against allies of ousted President Bashar al-Assad who “committed serious crimes” during the Syrian civil war must remain in place, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on ...

Western sanctions were part of an effort to pressure al-Assad to change his actions, and Western policymakers argue that they ...

Annalena Baerbock said she had not expected ‘ordinary handshakes’ with former jihadist who toppled Bashar al-Assad Germany’s foreign minister has pushed back at claims of a “handshake ...

Germany’s Annalena Baerbock says Europe will support Syria but ‘will not be a financier of Islamist structures’.

Baerbock is on a surprise visit to Syria, roughly four weeks after the fall of long-term ruler Bashar al-Assad. Jörg Blank/dpa During her visit to Damascus, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock ...

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 ...

Annalena Baerbock says Middle Eastern country must ... In the highest-level diplomatic visit by major Western powers since Bashar al-Assad was overthrown, Ms Baerbock met with Ahmed al-Sharaa ...

The European Union is eyeing an easing of sanctions on Syria, one month after Islamist rebels overthrew the government of Bashar al-Assad ... Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, attending a ...

France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot and his German counterpart Annalena ... al-Sharaa, stressing their hopes that he will construct a more inclusive society than previous ruler Bashar-al ...