Saudi Arabia called for the lifting of sanctions on Syria on Sunday, in a major diplomatic boost for the Hayat Tahrir Al Sham government in Damascus.Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan told a meeting of western and Arab powers in Riyadh about the “importance of lifting unilateral and UN sanctions imposed on Syria”.

Saudi Arabia on Sunday called for the lifting of sanctions on Syria after meetings with top diplomats from the Middle East and Europe that focused on the war-ravaged country's future.The Gulf kingdom,

Germany’s foreign minister says sanctions against Syrian officials responsible for war crimes must remain in place but called for a “smart approach” to provide relief to the Syrian population after last month’s overthrow of President Bashar Assad.

“Certainly, Saudi Arabia is one of the first to back this new course and is the one that seems to emerge with greater strength" in an uncertain situation, with another win with “the election ...

Top diplomats from the Middle East and Europe arrived in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Sunday to discuss Syria, as world powers push for stability after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

Top diplomats from the Middle East and Europe were arriving in the Saudi capital on Sunday to discuss Syria, as world powers push for stability after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.Saudi Arabia, the Middle East's biggest economy,

Saudi Arabia is among the countries taking a more cautious approach to Syria’s new administration than Turkey and Qatar, which were the first to reopen embassies in Damascus after Assad’s fall ...

Saudi Arabia had appeared to lose interest in Lebanon ... as did the toppling of its ally president Bashar al-Assad in Damascus. lar/ah/dcp

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan ... a lift of sanctions by the West to help international funding flow to Damascus. Prince Faisal also noted that the attendees at the Riyadh ...

RIYADH (Reuters) -European foreign ministers will meet at the end of January to discuss the lifting of sanctions on Syria, the EU foreign policy chief said on Sunday in Riyadh ahead of a meeting of top Middle Eastern and Western diplomats and Syria's new foreign minister.

Syria’s interim rulers are trying to form a united national army after the fall of Bashar Assad late last year

As he begins his second four-year term as president of the United States, Donald Trump faces a myriad of challenges in the Middle East, one of the world’s most volatile and unstable regions. When he was inaugurated in Washington, DC on January 20, the fate of Israel’s ceasefire/hostage agreement with Hamas still hung in the balance.