Iran, a Shi'a power, has been waging war in both Iraq and Syria against Sunni Arab forces ... IS is throwing suicide bombers, vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs, in essence ...

For decades, Washington has sought to prop up the government in Mogadishu, but Somalia remains a fractured state. Political ...

This won’t be the last. Just after the Orlando tragedy, this reality remains pretty much unacknowledged, as cause-seekers focus on security and ISIS and the specific mental instability of ...

The sudden collapse of the Syrian government and President Bashar Assad’s flight to Russia in December marked a dramatic ...

OPCW head expected to meet Syrian ... war that killed or injured thousands. A French court issued an arrest warrant for Assad which was upheld on appeal over the use of banned chemical weapons ...

QAMISHLI, Syria — Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described as Arabs. Now they are seizing the chance during ...

DAMASCUS - A United Nations commission said on Feb 6 it had documented the systematic destruction and pillaging of displaced people’s property during Syria’s war, warning of demographic change ...

The air forces of Syria and Russia have been accused of killing civilians in Aleppo and this is undoubtedly true. Every conflict bringing together warplanes and densely populated urban areas — from ...

The European Union is currently discussing a deal to partially suspend several sanctions on Syria’s energy industry, including scrapping bans on importing crude from the country. Last month ...

The village has allegedly been used by Hezbollah as a smuggling route between Lebanon and Syria. Multiple suspects were arrested, and weapons and illicit goods were seized, SANA reported. The ...

Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades ... the northeast enclave they carved out during the country's civil war.