The oligarch is the former head of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) and President of Kalmykia Republic, and had been sanctioned since 2015 for support for the former Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad.

Assad's brutal regime saw thousands die in his 'human slaughterhouse' prisons - with some guards getting so carried away they ...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Monday lifted sanctions against Syria, though his executive order stopped well short ...

Thousands of Syrian refugees are going back to their homeland but conditions there remain extremely challenging ...

Thousands perished or vanished after being imprisoned in Bashar Al-Assad's notorious "human slaughterhouse" prisons before ...

President Trump signed an executive order this week lifting most sanctions on Syria. Ahead of that action, U.S. officials ...

Less than two weeks after Ahmad al-Sharaa ousted Bashar al-Assad in Syria, a U.S. State Department delegation arrived in ...

Syria is now ready to work on land demarcation with Lebanon, Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji said Tuesday.Rajji said Lebanon has received "secret documents" from France of a French demarcation ...

President Trump signs an executive order lifting U.S. sanctions on Syria but keeps measures in place against ousted leader ...

President Donald Trump made good on a promise to end sanctions on Syria, but US officials kept some names, including shipping ...

In a major development, US President Donald Trump on Monday (June 30) signed an executive order terminating the sanctions program on Syria, and the White House said that it was done to support the ...

Donald Trump signs executive order lifting US sanctions on Syria The new order does not rescind existing sanctions on ousted ...