Thousands of Uyghurs became key fighters against Syria's Assad regime. For the first time, they agreed to be interviewed. NPR ...

Thousands of Chinese-born Uyghur fighters fled China to fight in the Syrian civil war. They say generations of political persecution in China motivated them to take up arms.

Syria and China are moving to strengthen economic cooperation and unlock new investment channels, following high-level talks ...

China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Fu Cong on Friday called for advancing an inclusive political transition in Syria. The international community widely expects Syria to eliminate ...

Syria could become a flashpoint in escalating global power rivalries as the United States, China and Russia compete to win influence over the state. As the relatively new Syrian government tries to ...

Nowhere else do the world’s political tensions manifest as vividly as in the Middle East. The region is once again under intense international scrutiny amid Israel’s incursion into Gaza, the ...

Then-Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during a meeting with then-Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, in Beijing, China, Dec. 24, 2015 (AP photo by Mark Schiefelbein). As a result, in ...