Myanmar has been consumed by civil war since February, 2021, when a military junta overthrew the country’s semi-democratic government in a coup

China’s leadership is not happy about the fall of Assad. But compared to Russia and Iran, Beijing had far less at stake.

A top Chinese envoy has warned Damascus's new government not to support terrorism as a Syria-based Islamic militant group sent messages to Muslims in China's Xinjiang region, urging them to wage attacks.

China's foreign minister Wang Yi told his Egyptian counterpart on Friday that Beijing is "deeply concerned" about the situation in Syria, as the two top diplomats met in the Chinese capital. "The two sides are deeply concerned about the current situation in Syria and call for respect for Syria's sovereignty,

China's ties with Syria are being tested by the sudden downfall of Beijing-friendly Bashar al-Assad, but analysts predict China and the new government in Damascus will take a pragmatic approach to cooperation and investment.

"The future of Syria should be decided by the Syrian people," Chinese Embassy spokesperson Liu Pengyu told Newsweek.

Despite China’s geographical distance from the conflict, analysts warned that the rebel takeover in Syria should be raising alarm bells in Beijing. Jonathan Ping from Bond University ...

The TIP has been based in Syria for more than a decade, with its members fleeing to the Middle East to escape China’s severe oppression of the Uyghurs, a largely Muslim minority group. Its fighters joined Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Islamist group that led the rebel offensive, in a thrust out of the north-west of Syria.

A South Asia spillover of the Turkistan Islamic Party’s planned offensive against China has grave implications for regional stability and Indian counterterrorism efforts

By The Associated Press Crowds gathered in Syria’s Damascus on Sunday to celebrate the fall of Bashar Assad’s government with chants, prayers and the occasional gunfire after

Israeli troops have been ordered to “prepare to remain” throughout the winter in a UN-patrolled buffer zone between Israeli and Syrian forces in the strategic Golan Heights.

More than 20 Arab diplomats meet Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing in call to help ease regional tensions.