Assad’s ouster has raised urgent questions about the 2,000 troops who serve as a bulwark against ISIS and Iran.

For much of the past decade, Assad’s regime, bolstered by unwavering support from Iran and Russia, brutally suppressed ...

Will he walk the walk and not just talk the talk? And if he doesn’t win in the elections, will he peacefully stand aside for ...

President-elect Donald Trump plans to launch a mass deportation operation targeting millions of immigrants living in the U.S.

The Pentagon announced the US currently has “approximately 2,000” troops in Syria, more than double the previously disclosed ...

The high-level delegation arrived to engage in talks with Syria's interim leadership, the State Department confirmed early ...

A Pentagon spokesman said the increase was unrelated to the fall of President Bashar al-Assad to rebel forces in early ...

The U.S. has said 900 troops were in Syria, but Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, announced on Thursday that ...

Losing Syrian military bases would hurt the Kremlin’s attempts to project power in the Middle East and Africa.

The Middle Eastern country had been ruled by outside powers and dictators for centuries before its revolution was realized.

Sham, or HTS, made a lightning assault across Syria. Where did the rebels get the cash, weapons and training that made their ...

After public protests and then rebellion erupted in Syria in 2011, Assad’s regime clung to power through systemic torture and ...