Iran and Russia are angling to position themselves before the incoming Trump administration takes office next week.

Spain's foreign minister raised his country's flag at their Damascus embassy on Thursday more than a decade after Madrid ...

Qaradawi’s terrifying story is painfully reminiscent of that of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, brutally murdered six years ago ...

The Alawites are a minority esoteric sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam. Between 10-12% of Syrians currently belong to the ...

Such a system, no matter how moderate it claims to be, could give Turkey’s Islamists new chances to keep ruling after Recep ...

Officials say that Turkish Airlines will resume its flights to Damascus, Syria, next week after a halt of more than a decade.

Among the candidates most likely to face tough opposition now are Director of National Intelligence-designate Tulsi Gabbard and Health and Human Services Secretary-designate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Inclusivity and moderation are indeed immediate priorities for Syria, but a big national vote is not. Democracy does not itself guarantee peace in a country so recently riven by autocratic rule and a ...

The Palestinian prime minister says it's unacceptable for any entity other than the Palestinian Authority to run the Gaza ...

Anticipation is growing as Israel and Hamas appear to be at the closest point yet to sealing a deal to end 15 months of war. Key mediator Qatar said it ...

Israel's actions in the wake of Syria's collapse give it unprecedented power in the air — right up to Iran's border.

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk called on Wednesday for a Syrian national reconciliation process to ...