This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BEIJING (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad ...

Syrian officials said that under the plan, some 3,500 foreign fighters, mainly Uyghurs from China and neighboring countries, would join a newly formed unit. The United States has given its blessing to ...

Syria could become a flashpoint in escalating global power rivalries as the United States, China and Russia compete to win influence over the state. As the relatively new Syrian government tries to ...

China calls for a gradual resumption of "exchanges" with Syria, after Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with his Syrian counterpart, Assad al-Shaibani, who made his first official trip to Beijing. "China ...

Two meetings in as many months between Chinese officials and Syria’s new government signal Beijing’s willingness to initiate dialogue with interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa and move on, definitively, ...

The breach among the Permanent Five members of the U.N. Security Council in Saturday’s vote on Syria’s increasingly bloody power struggle could have profound implications for Syria’s immediate future.

Syrian President Bashar Assad on Sunday refused any security cooperation with Western nations or the reopening of their embassies, until they cut ties with opposition and insurgent groups. Shortly ...

China on Monday called for all warring parties in Syria to "immediately stop" the violence after reports of mass killings of Alawite civilians triggered an international backlash against the worst ...

Examine the role of the Middle East in China-U.S. strategic competition. The aim of the book is to push back against the dominant narrative of ongoing U.S.-China competition in the Middle East. The ...

Speaking of Syria in the last Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee, Dr. Ben Carson said, “You know, the Chinese are there.” In the days that followed he was roundly ridiculed. The White House ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China hopes Syria can show "flexibility" in promoting peace talks, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday in a meeting with an adviser to Syria's president, adding that ...