Syria’s new government will receive a significant economic boost on Friday when Britain lifts a tranche of sanctions including those imposed on its defence, financial and energy sectors. UK Foreign ...

UK foreign secretary David Lammy also has stated that Asma Assad ... and will not be permitted entry into the UK.” Bashar al-Assad along with his wife were granted asylum in Russia after being ...

When Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December, the iconography of posters, billboards and statues emblematic of his family’s brutal decades-long grip on the country also came down. The images of ...

The UK foreign secretary David Lammy has said the government has opened “diplomatic contact” with the Syrian rebels who ousted Bashar al-Assad’s regime last weekend. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ...

The announcement comes after the dramatic downfall last week of President Bashar al ... al-Assad’s brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters. Meanwhile, Foreign Secretary David Lammy ...