Ukraine and Syria have formally restored diplomatic relations in a landmark move that unfolded on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The development signals a dramatic shift for both nations, who had severed ties three years ago during the rule of Syria’s former president Bashar al-Assad. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy…
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has delivered a dramatic first address at the United Nations General Assembly, demanding the complete lifting of international sanctions on his country while declaring Syria’s return to the global stage after decades of war and isolation. His speech, broadcast across Syria and watched by millions, was hailed by supporters as a…
The halls of diplomacy are never short of surprises, but few encounters in recent memory have stunned observers quite like the face-to-face meeting between Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and retired US General David Petraeus, the man who once captured him during the height of America’s war in Iraq. What began as a bitter story of…
