The image of the two men meeting, having discarded their military uniforms and put on suits, illustrates how leaders can ...

In a sense, their way of running a very complex country full of multiple sects and ethnicities is very much the Idlib model, the model that they adopted when they ran a small enclave in the northwest ...

From HIV services to volcano monitoring, the loss of USAID funding is putting millions of lives at risk around the world, as planned UK cuts threaten a further blow.

As the Trump administration doubles down on its plans to ethnically cleanse and annex the Gaza Strip, the US has launched a ...

The collapse of the Soviet Union greatly reduced the West’s fear of another world war—a fear that had led Western leaders to ...

There are the big fractures, where potential world wars – hot and cold – are simmering. Then there are the smaller fractures, such as those between the European Union and its neighbours: Northern ...

The Israeli military conducted strikes on military sites in northwest Syria on Monday amid growing tension between Israel and the new Syrian government. Syria’s official SANA news agency stated Monday ...

The UN human rights chief Volker Turk has urged immediate cessation of civilian killings in coastal areas in northwest Syria. "Following a series of coordinated attacks reportedly launched by ...

AMMAN, Jordan -- Syria's top diplomat and his counterparts from neighboring countries Sunday called for the lifting of Western-led sanctions on Syria and post-war reconciliation. The foreign ...

Sectarian-driven killings of civilians this month displayed the government’s weak control over both its own forces and ...