Since the fall of the totalitarian rule of Bashar Assad earlier this month, clashes have intensified between the U.S.-backed ...

Israeli military vehicles ride through Syria close to the ceasefire line between Syria and Israel, as seen from Majdal Shams ...

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces says they have launched a counter-offensive against the Ankara-backed Syrian National Army to take back areas near Syria’s northern border with Turkey ...

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Israel’s defense minister has confirmed that Israel assassinated Hamas’ top leader last summer and is threatening to take ...

The new Islamist-led government promises moderation, but officials aren’t committing to such issues as women’s rights or free ...

A jihadist rebel group wants to build and govern a stable country that is at peace with its neighbors and recognized by the ...

In the aftermath, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, condemned Assad’s fall as a foreign-orchestrated conspiracy, ...

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The fall of Assad creates a new wrinkle in a long-standing U.S. security concern: thousands of detained ISIS fighters held in ...

The church bells still ring in Syria’s ancient Christian enclaves, but their sound carries a bittersweet resonance. Two weeks ...