The fighting has stopped in the southern city of Sweida, three weeks after a deadly eruption of violence. But the area ...

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 ...

The tariffs could be a form of U.S. leverage over the decisions of the fragile Al Sharaa government, one analyst suggested.

Washington plans to zero out stipends for Iraqi Kurdistan’s peshmerga forces but will continue funding Iraq’s ...

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But its involvement risks deepening sectarian tensions. Israeli troops have seized parts of southern Syria, violating a 1974 ...

Mission Support Site Green Village, H2 and Mission Support Site Euphrates, sometimes referred to as the Conoco gas field.

New outbreaks of violence overnight into Sunday have rocked Syria at two distinct flashpoints, straining a fragile ceasefire ...

Rebuilding Syria’s economy will be a monumental challenge. At a high growth rate of 7% per year, it would still take over 30 ...

The World Monuments Fund is now exploring ways to re-engage in the country, after cultural institutions spent years starved ...

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump's revised global tariff plan unveiled Thursday (July 31) hit Laos and Myanmar hard with ...