The Somali state of Puntland is witnessing an escalation of security challenges with an increase in military confrontations against the Islamic State ...

Israel has built a growing network of outposts and fortifications in Syria and Lebanon, deepening concerns about a protracted ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria’s new transitional government was sworn in Saturday nearly four months after the Assad family was ...

The deal is a major breakthrough that would bring most of Syria under the control of the interim government. The deal, to be implemented by the end of the year, would bring all border crossings ...

The choice of cabinet officials was seen as a litmus test for whether the rebels who ousted Bashar al-Assad would deliver on ...

Rana Al-Ahmad opens her fridge after breaking fast at sundown with her family during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa has a lot to prove to win over Western powers. If the first few weeks of his rule are ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan spoke by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump and discussed efforts to end the war between Russia and Ukraine and to restore stability in Syria, ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — The head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed in Iraq in an operation ... Iraqi political leaders said the threat of IS was under control and they no longer needed ...

Caesar sanctions also continue to impact Syrians’ ability to access global digital services, such as data clouds, GPS, and access to many websites and Apps—preventing Syrian surveyors from using GPS ...

Druze are seen in the village of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, as they wait for the arrival of a delegation from the Syrian side of the Golan — John Wessels Dozens of Syrian ...

Under SDF control, oil production in Deir-ez-Zor dropped significantly to approximately 15,000 barrels per day, according to al-Araby al-Jadeed. Oil and gas fields were a central point in the ...