DAMASCUS - US Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack on Thursday told Rudaw that the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) ...

Up to 400,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon may be set to return home under a UN-backed plan providing financial incentives, according to a document seen by The National.

Syrian activist Shadi Martini tells lobby new president called peace with Israel a 'unique opportunity'; Gulf journalist ...

Russia has become the first country to recognise the Taliban as Afghanistan’s government. Andrew Mueller explains why.

The world experienced more than 60 armed conflicts in 2024, a "historically high" number according to scholars in the ...

As well as being optimistic about the future of his war-ravaged country, Rami Al Ali has other reasons to be upbeat: he is ...

The commander of the Kurdish-led SDF, Mazloum Abdi, met Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa amid a lack of progress in an ...

The day after last month's deadly suicide attack on a church outside Syria's capital, hundreds of Christians marched in Damascus chanting against foreign fighters and calling for them to leave the ...

The longtime enemies have opened contacts, reflecting a power shift across a Middle East in which they have newfound common ...

President Donald Trump’s decision to send more defensive weapons to Ukraine came after he privately expressed frustration ...

A weakened regime in Iran, thanks to Donald Trump’s flexing of American power, is a potential game-changer for the entire ...

A core misconception about Israel’s policy since Oct. 7 is that the country has favored military action at the expense of ...