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Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa meets with US President Donald Trump (not pictured) on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
August 25, 2026, 11:54 am
Sharaa says Syria ‘shakes off a dark stain’ with removal from US terror list
Syrian president says sanctions relief step sets country on path to rebuild after destructive civil war; Turkey hopes it will boost effort to reintegrate Damascus into world
By AFP
US President Donald Trump meets with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
August 24, 2026, 11:36 pm
US removes Syria from terrorism sponsor list, lifting major investment obstacle
Rubio lauds ‘positive actions’ and ‘further commitments’ by leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, as Washington removes sanctions in place since 1979; Damascus already in talks with major banks
By Feras Dalatey
Yosef, Henry and Joseph Hamra in front of the US Capitol in 2025. (Courtesy Syrian Emergency Task Force via JTA)
July 22, 2026, 4:30 am
As Israel urged caution, these Syrian Jews lobbied the US to lift sanctions on Syria
Unlikely alliance between son of Palestinian refugees and Jewish cantor drives campaign to give second chance to new government — and let exiles visit their former home
By Theia Chatelle
US President Donald Trump meets with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026. (AP/ Alex Brandon)
July 8, 2026, 11:50 pm
US to delist Syria as state sponsor of terror, in new boost to Sharaa
Rubio informs Congress of Trump’s ‘historic’ decision, triggering 45-day review; at Turkey NATO summit, Trump says Syrian leader ‘doing an unbelievable job’ at unifying country
By Agencies and Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump meets with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, not seen, during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit, June 16, 2026, in Evian-les-Bains, France. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
June 16, 2026, 7:31 pm
Trump: Israel’s war on Hezbollah is too long, too deadly; Syria should fight the group instead
‘Without me, there’d be no Israel,’ president claims at G7 summit; threatens ‘ultimate consequences’ if Iran seeks nukes; MOU to be signed Friday in Swiss mountaintop resort
By Nava Freiberg, Agencies and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump's gift of Trump cologne to Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, in an image posted May 19, 2026. (Ahmed al-Sharaa/X)
May 20, 2026, 8:33 pm
Trump gifts Syria’s Sharaa cologne after spraying him in viral Oval Office clip
Syrian leader posts photo of present, harking back to White House meeting where Trump gave him a similar gift before asking him how many wives he had
By AFP
Screen capture from video of US forces withdrawing from the Qasrak in Hasakah province, northeastern Syria, February 23, 2026. (X)
February 23, 2026, 2:44 pm
US military begins withdrawing from main base in northeast Syria, Syrian sources say
Dozens of trucks, some carrying armored vehicles, depart base in Hasakah province; last US troops expected to leave country within 20 days, ending 12-year presence
By Agencies
Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) sit atop an armoured personnel carrier on the outskirts of the town of al-Shadadi in the northeastern Syrian province of Hasakeh, on February 19, 2016. (Delil souleiman / AFP)
February 15, 2026, 3:12 pm
Syria assumes control of another base from US forces, the second within days
Syrian Arab Army takes over Al-Shadadi in northeast of country, close to Jordan-Iraq border; site formerly housed prison where Kurdish forces held Islamic State members
By AFP
Screen grab obtained January 10, 2026, from video released by the US Central Command on their X account @CENTCOM shows images of "large-scale" strikes carried out by US and allied forces against the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria earlier in the day in response to an attack last month that left three Americans dead, the US military says. (HANDOUT / US Central Command (CENTCOM) / AFP)
January 11, 2026, 6:11 am
US military says it carried out strikes across Syria targeting Islamic State
No further details provided by State Department as campaign against ISIS renews following killings of American soldiers
By Kanishka Singh
A US Army AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter prepares to support Operation Hawkeye Strike against Islamic State targets in Syria, in the US Central Command area of responsibility, December 19, 2025. (US AIR FORCE / AFP)
December 20, 2025, 5:12 pm
Jordan says it took part in US-led strikes on ISIS in Syria that killed at least 5
‘Intense’ air campaign lasting hours hit cells across multiple provinces; Amman says it aimed to block ‘extremist organizations’ from threatening region
By Agencies
US President Donald Trump salutes as a carry team moves the transfer case with the remains of civilian interpreter Ayad Mansoor Sakat, who was killed in an attack in Syria, during a casualty return, December 17, 2025, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
December 18, 2025, 1:43 am
Trump pays respects as bodies of troops killed in ISIS ambush in Syria returned to US
US president meets privately with families of Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, and interpreter Ayad Mansoor Sakat as their remains are repatriated
By Michelle L. Price and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
This view shows a destroyed section of the Great Colonnade (Decumanus Maximus) and the nearby 13th-century Mamluk-built Fakhr al-Din al-Maani Castle (Tadmur Castle) overlooking it, at the ancient ruins of Palmyra in central Syria on February 7, 2025. (Omar Haj Kadour/AFP)
December 13, 2025, 4:27 pm
2 US troops, civilian interpreter killed in attack by member of Syrian security forces
Trump vows ‘very serious retaliation’; CENTCOM says ‘ambush’ carried out by a ‘lone ISIS gunman’ who was killed in the incident
By Agencies
Israeli Druze leader Sheikh Muafak Tarif attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 24, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 10, 2025, 5:03 pm
Israeli Druze leader seeks US security guarantees for Syrian counterparts
After the bloodshed in Sweida this year, Sheikh Muafak Tarif says Washington must fulfill ‘duty’ to protect minority group, stresses need for Druze self-determination
By Olivia Le Poidevin and Suleiman Al-Khalidi
This undated handout photo provided by the al-Masoud family shows Khaled al-Masoud, who was killed at his home during a raid in the town of al-Dumayr in the Damascus countryside. (Courtesy of the al-Masoud family via AP)
December 5, 2025, 2:47 pm
US raid allegedly killed Syrian undercover agent instead of ISIS official
Death of Khaled al-Masoud, who spied on ISIS for Syrian government, could harm efforts to combat terror group, says expert; victim’s mother demands accountability for son’s killers
By AP
US President Donald Trump (left) speaks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset, October 13, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/ Pool via AP)
December 1, 2025, 10:05 pm
Trump speaks to Netanyahu, invites him to visit, warns Israel not to ‘interfere’ in Syria
Days after deadly Israeli operation in southern Syria, US president says he hopes the neighbors can ‘have a long, prosperous relationship’; PM set for year’s fifth White House visit shortly
By Agencies, Lazar Berman and Nava Freiberg
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