The Soviet Union, which wanted to increase its influence in the Middle East, became a major weapons supplier to these countries. In 1958 Syria and Egypt formed the United Arab Republic.

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syria's new authorities have detained an Egyptian Islamist militant who fought against Bashar al-Assad's rule over threats he made to the government in Cairo, a Syrian ...

Abazeed met with Germany’s temporary envoy to Syria Bjorn Gehrmann and EU representative Michael Ohnmacht in Damascus just days after the European Union agreed ... favors for Egypt and New ...

Syrian authorities on Tuesday detained Egyptian fighter Ahmed al-Mansour days after he declared a new movement seeking to topple President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Mansour had previously joined ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — European Union foreign ministers will meet in late January to discuss easing sanctions imposed on Syria, the bloc’s foreign policy chief said Sunday. However ...

Mansour's arrest may ease Egyptian worries over HTS rise Egypt fears Syria's upheaval aids Islamist regrouping Egyptian media critical of Damascus power change, Brotherhood resurgence DAMASCUS ...

"Revolutionaries of January 25" video, with Ahmed al-Mansour in the center, showing Egypt's pre-republic flag. (photo credit: SCREENSHOT/X/VIA SECTION 27A OF THE COPYRIGHT ACT) Syria's new ...

Syria’s new authorities have detained an Egyptian militant who had fought with opposition forces against toppled Syrian leader Bashar Al-Assad’s rule over threats he made on social media to ...

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syria's new authorities have detained an Egyptian militant who had fought with Islamist forces against toppled Syrian leader Bashar Al-Assad's rule over threats he made on ...

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syria's new authorities have detained an Egyptian Islamist militant who fought against Bashar al-Assad's rule over threats he made to the government in Cairo, a Syrian interior ...