The alleged use of Lebanese territory to destabilize Syria and undermine the rule of President Ahmad Sharaa, has emerged as a sensitive security issue

Syria conflict escalates as Turkey warns Damascus may use force against Kurdish SDF fighters after deadly clashes near Aleppo reportedly killed 23.

Turkish influence in Syria has expanded over the last year, leaving grim tidings for the country’s Kurdish population as well as prospects for Syrian unity.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a decree on Friday declaring Kurdish a “national language”, in an apparent gesture of good will towards

BEIRUT -- Human Rights Watch on Thursday criticized the Syrian government for what it says is the lack of accountability on perpetrators of sectarian violence and killings on all sides in clashes between government-backed armed Bedouin clans and Druze militias in a southern province in July that killed hundreds of civilians.

Syrian government officials have held talks with the commander of the main Kurdish-led force over plans to merge it with the national army.

There are also concerns about how detainees are being treated by the Syrian authorities and about the desecration of the bodies of the fallen. Two weeks of clashes in Aleppo led to devastation in Kurdish neighborhoods.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Friday rejected the Syrian Arab Army’s calls for its fighters to join the national army, calling the appeal a sign of political and military weakness amid escalating tensions in northern Syria.