HOMS: Weeping, Fairuz Shalish grasps the red earth at an unmarked grave in Syria that she believes may hold her son, one of tens of thousands of people who vanished under ousted president Bashar al-As

DAMASCUS: Tightening his hold on power less than two months after he led a campaign that toppled Bashar al-Assad, Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has been declared president for

Syria has entered a transitional phase with its de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa appointed as the President, Al Jazeera reported, citing the state-run news agency SANA.

The new leadership of the country said the rebel coalition leader, Ahmed al-Shara, would serve as president during a transitional period.

The Media Line's intrepid correspondents are in Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Pakistan providing first-person reporting.

As people in Balochistan marked January 25 as "Baloch Genocide Day," youth in North-East Syria expressed solidarity, recognising the day as a painful reminder of the 2014 discovery of over 100 mutilated bodies in Tootak,

Pakistan on Friday called on Israel to withdraw from Lebanese and Syrian territories, including Golan Heights, and allow UN peacekeepers to operate without obstruction to ensure compliance with international agreements for advancing sustainable peace and stability in the Middle East.

Once, or rather if, the dust in Gaza starts settling down, the extremist narrative would be: "We were right, and the Muslim world or ummah just sat by and let this happen - they had no answer to this.

The US State Department has frozen nearly all foreign assistance worldwide effective immediately days after President Donald Trump issued a sweeping executive order Monday to put a hold on such assistance for 90 days.

Saudi Arabia has urged for the lifting of sanctions imposed on Syria since the time of the former Assad regime that was toppled last month. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos ...

Youth in North-East Syria expressed solidarity with the people ... 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run ...

As people in Balochistan marked as “Baloch Genocide Day,” youth in North-East Syria expressed solidarity, recognising the day as a painful reminder of the 2014 discovery of over 100 mutilated bodies in Tootak,