By Ismaeel Naar Reporting from Manama, Bahrain, and from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates For decades, Syria was Iran’s closest Arab ally in the Middle East while the wealthy Persian Gulf ...

Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs of the United Arab Emirates, met with Syria’s interim Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaybani on Monday to ...

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani said on Wednesday that the country will open its economy to foreign ...

No country has as much to gain from a stable Syria as Turkey, and few have as much to lose if it implodes. Turkey is home to ...

Abdul Rahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi, an Egyptian poet and dissident, was detained in Lebanon earlier this month and extradited to the United Arab Emirates ... to go and fight in Syria after the start ...

Syria’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa and the president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, agreed in a phone call on the importance of continuous coordination to ...

While it’s unclear what exact political path Syria will take, the dilemmas the country faces are similar to the experiences ...

While major ruptures are not expected, Gulf states are urging a tougher stance on Israel and a softening toward Iran, ...

Syria's interim Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, who has repeatedly called for lifting long-standing sanctions, attended ...

Assad’s regime on December 8 has put Syria in the spotlight once again. Following over a decade of conflict, the killing of ...

Shibani paid separate visits to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar in early January, during which he discussed bolstering ties. Qatar has pledged to initially supply Syria with 200 ...