DAMASCUS, Syria — Germany's foreign minister reopened its embassy in Damascus on Thursday, 13 years after it was shut in the early days of Syria’s civil war, ...

Germany is seeking direct talks with the Taliban to facilitate the deportation of convicted Afghan criminals to their home ...

Germany does not recognise the Taliban government, which took control of Afghanistan in 2021, and maintains no official ...

Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock reopens her country’s embassy in Damascus, marking the first time in 13 years that Germany has had a diplomatic presence in Syria.

A German court has handed down a life sentence to a Syrian doctor convicted of committing acts of torture as part of Bashar al-Assad’s brutal crackdown on dissent.

Germany suspended processing asylum claims for Syrian refugees on Monday following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, with the UK, Greece and Sweden quickly adopting similar measures amid the ...

A French delegation was also in Damascus on Tuesday. “Syria must not become a play-thing of foreign powers, nor a testing ground for radical forces,” the German foreign ministry said.

The conviction of a former Syrian intelligence officer for crimes against humanity by a German court is a ground-breaking step toward justice for serious crimes in Syria ...

At 2:10 a.m. in Iran yesterday, the U.S. entered the war, stoking fears of a dangerously escalating conflict across the Middle East. American warplanes and submarines bombed three of Iran’s ...