An American flag was hoisted outside of the long-shuttered U.S. ambassador’s residence in Damascus on Thursday, in a sign of growing ties between Washington and the new Syrian government. The U.S. ambassador to Turkey,

Raising flag in Damascus, American envoy Tom Barrack says Israel-Syria conflict solvable through dialogue, as Washington rolls back Assad-era sanctions

The United States ambassador's residence in Damascus, Syria, re-opened Thursday after being closed for 13 years, presaging a warming of relations between the two countries.