(Refiles to add opening quotation mark in paragraph 22) By Feras Dalatey, Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Orhan Qereman and Jonathan Spicer Feb 13 (Reuters) - A U.S.-backed ceasefire agreement in northeastern Syria leaves thorny questions unresolved,

The latest investments mark the largest such announcement since the U.S. lifted sanctions on Syria in December.

Relations between Lebanon and Syria remain tense 14 months after the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, with disputes over prisoners, security concerns and trade continuing to block progress.

US military forces have departed a strategic military garrison in Syria after more than a decade “as part of a deliberate and conditions-based transition” to a smaller US footprint in the country, US Central Command said on Thursday.

The U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State group has welcomed Syria as its 90th member. Representatives from Syria — which officially joined the global coalition in November — attended a meeting on Monday in Saudi Arabia.

SDF fighting left more than 300 * people dead (almost all of them combatants), its resolution brings back a reality that has been clear for months: Syria is actually stabilizing. In fact, the overall level of violence across the country has been on an increasingly sharp decline,

Syria’s Jewish community fled the country’s repressive Assad regime. Now, a new government is encouraging their return by giving back ownership of synagogues and other property. Jane Arraf is there as one Jewish group turns the key on a synagogue’s door in the northern city of Aleppo.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (2nd L), Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani (3rd R) and SDF commander Mazlum Kobane (4th R) meet on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, on Feb. 13, 2026 in Munich. — Alex Brandon / POOL / AFP via Getty Images