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 ...

Bashar al-Assad has said Russia forced him to flee ... without elaborating on details of the talks. David Lammy, the Foreign Secretary, said on Monday: “I can confirm today that we have sent ...

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 ...