France raised the flag on Tuesday over its embassy in Damascus 12 years after cutting ties with Syria's Bashar al-Assad amid the country's civil war, with its diplomats meeting an official from the ...

France said its raising of the flag did not automatically mean it would reopen its embassy. During his meeting with British officials, Sharaa, formerly known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al ...

France raised its flag at its Damascus embassy on Tuesday for the first time in 12 years and European Union officials prepared to engage with the new Syrian leadership, a sign of the growing ...