By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - Talks are taking place on whether U.S. and French troops could secure a border zone in northern Syria as part of efforts to defuse conflict between Turkey and Western-backed Kurdish Syrian forces,

Antony Blinken was heading on Thursday to Rome for talks with European counterparts on bringing stability to Syria in the face of flare-ups with Turkey.

France carried out missile strikes last weekend in Syria, targeting Islamic State sites in the country, French Armed Forces Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Tuesday.

In a significant escalation of military engagement, France has launched airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria as diplomatic efforts to strengthen stability in Lebanon continue as a fragile ceasefire with Israel continues to hold.

The Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership, a regional summit for Iraq’s neighbors, first convened on Aug. 28, 2021, in Baghdad with participation of nine countries and several regional and international organizations. The second edition took place on Dec. 20, 2022, in Jordan, according to Iraq’s foreign ministry.

On the first day of 2025, the Information Minister of Syria's new de facto government promised to improve press freedom in the country. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) welcomes this commitment while reminding the authorities of their responsibility for the journalists who were killed,

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - During a trip to Damascus on Friday, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot called for a ceasefire in the north of the country and said that France’s allies the Kurds should not be excluded as Syria navigates its post-Assad future.

DAMASCUS — The foreign ministers of France and Germany are headed to Damascus on the first official visit to Syria by top diplomats from European Union countries after the fall of former President Bashar Assad, in what the German minister said is a clear signal that a “new beginning” between Europe and Syria is possible.

The French military has bombed two sites in Syria linked to the Islamic State terrorist, Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu said on Tuesday. The attacks took place on Sunday as part of the international military operation Inherent Resolve,

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said his country was a “a solid ally” of President-elect Donald Trump on Monday as he outlined his vision for global diplomacy in 2025, while warning that France could lose the incoming U.S. leader’s respect by being “weak and defeatist.”

Mouaz Moustafa says Gabbard’s response to Assad’s atrocities is a worrisome sign of how she’d serve as director of national intelligence.