Bashar al-Assad's fall ... ministers Jean-Noël Barrot and Annalena Baerbock called for a 'peaceful and rigorous' transition with de facto Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa. After 11 years in exile ...

F ighters backing Syria's new goverment allegedly mounted a deadly response to surprise attacks by fighters linked to Syria's ousted leader Bashar al-Assad, according to a war monitoring group ...

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock reopened the mission during a visit to the Syrian capital, her second trip to the country since the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad in December.