Donald Trump’s pick to oversee 18 intelligence agencies with a $100 billion spy budget is facing renewed scrutiny over an unannounced trip to Syria in 2017 where she met with the now-deposed dictator twice.

The new government of Syria has demanded that the aggressor country of russia extradite former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, who fled the country in

The new Syrian administration has called on Russia to extradite former President Bashar al-Assad, Reuters reported, citing a source familiar with negotiations between the two countries.

Syrian leader al-Sharaa reportedly also demands reparations as Moscow delegation seeks to secure strategic power bases.

Sharaa, the leader of the main rebel group who led the overthrow of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, has been named Syria's transitional president, the country's military command announced on Jan. 29.

Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump's nominee to serve as the director of national intelligence, will testify Thursday morning at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee. The 43-year-old former Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii and combat veteran would oversee the nation's 18 spy agencies.

Weeping, Fairuz Shalish grasps the red earth at an unmarked grave in Syria that she believes may hold her son, one of tens of thousands of people who vanished under ousted president Bashar al-Assad.Thousands poured out of the country's web of prisons in the final days of Assad's rule and after Islamist-led rebels toppled him on December 8.

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani will visit Damascus on Thursday, Qatar's Al Jazeera reported, as Syria's new interim government begins a political transition after Islamist rebels ousted the Assad regime last year.

Sharaa, the leader of the Syrian rebel group that overthrew Bashar al-Assad's government, was named head of a new interim government. Watch this report for more details!

Sharaa, former leader of the Islamist rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), has been appointed as Syria's interim president following the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad's regime. This appointment marks a significant shift in Syria's political landscape,

Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has been named president for the “transitional period”, state media report, seven weeks after he led the rebel offensive that overthrew Bashar al-Assad, the BBC reports.