Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani met Syria's new ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus Friday, state media said, in the latest such visit from a European diplomat since the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

Turkey has a major role in Syria's reconstruction, and transport investments like railway links are on the agenda although Gulf money may prove vital. View on euronews

Leader of Syria’s new administration Ahmad Al-Sharaa and Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani on Friday hosted a visiting Italian delegation led by Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani at the People’s Palace in Damascus, according to the Syrian state news agency SANA.

Assad's regime, FRANCE 24’s Wassim Nasr travelled to Syria to interview rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, better known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammed

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani began his first official visit to post-Assad Syria on Friday with a tour of the landmark Umayyad mosque in Damascus."It's a great pleasure... to be here this morning to visit and pay homage to all Syrian believers,

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati will meet Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus o

International flights in and out of Syria’s main airport in Damascus will resume next week after being halted since rebels overthrew the former regime last month.

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani is travelling to Syria on Friday to encourage the transition in the country following the ouster of President Bashar Assad by Islamist insurgents

"Our problem is not with Israel. We don't want to meddle in anything that will threaten Israel's security," Damascus Governor Maher Marwan tells NPR. Syria and Israel have never had diplomatic ties.

People set aside divisions and anxiety about the future to mark a once-in-a-lifetime moment of renewal.

The foreign ministers of Germany and France said they wanted to forge a new relationship with Syria and urged a peaceful transition as they met its de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on Friday on behalf of the European Union.

A key dam in northern Syria has become a flash point in the conflict between Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed armed groups