Some U.S. officials talked about an “axis” of authoritarian nations, but the American and Israeli war with Iran has exposed ...

China never intervened military in Syria, but it did support the Assad regime in other ways. After Assad's fall, China faces ...

Lammy reaffirmed Britain's commitment to supporting Syria's agriculture and education sectors. According to the UK government ...

Syria’s return to oil exports after the fall of the Assad regime is seen by many as a sign that Iran’s Shia Crescent of ...

China’s aid to Syria jumped 100 times from roughly $500,000 in 2016 to $54m in 2017, according to COAR reports. In October 2018, China donated 800 electrical power generators to Latakia, Syria ...

Syria had not been not a central pillar of China's Middle East strategy, Jesse Marks, a non-resident fellow with the Stimson Centre's China programme and a former US defence adviser, said, adding ...

Syria joined China's flagship Belt and Road Initiative in 2022, but there have been no significant investments by Chinese firms since, partly due to sanctions.

China has been aligned with Assad since Syria’s civil war began in 2011—but largely through its close ties to Russia and Iran, which backed the Syrian leader.

China’s response to Syria will also be closely watched by global actors, particularly the United States, as it seeks to position itself as a counterweight to Western influence while maintaining ...

The second reason involves China. "Syria is up for grabs," Mouaz Moustafa of the Syrian Emergency Task Force, a humanitarian group active in that country, said to me.

China on Monday said it “supports Syria’s efforts to maintain national security and stability” after a shock armed opposition-led offensive saw government forces lose control of Aleppo.