Ahmad al-Sharaa, Syria's new strongman since December 8, has been appointed as the country's interim president. He has been ...

Russia deployed troops to Syria in 2015 to support Assad regime's brutal crackdown against anti-government forces.

The actions prompted a tense standoff between the U.S. and Colombia after Colombia's president turned away deportation ...

The move to put religion at the center of policing risks seeding new rifts in a diverse country awash with guns after 13 years of civil war and alienating foreign governments they have been trying ...

Wafa Mustafa had long dreamed of returning to Syria but the absence of her father tarnished her homecoming more than a decade ...

Federal departments faced a 5 p.m. deadline Tuesday to cease spending on any financial assistance programs, according to a ...

Israel and Hamas reached a deal to resolve a disagreement over the exchange of a female civilian hostage that had threatened ...

The U.N. says over half the population -- some 12 million people -- don’t know where their next meal will come from.

Inside Syria's ancient capital, a lone Jewish guardian watches over abandoned properties while Islamist rulers patrol the ...

The rebel chief who led the overthrow of the longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad has been declared the head of government for a transitional period.

A Russian delegation arrived in Damascus on Tuesday for a first visit to post-Assad Syria, as Moscow's forces appeared ready to depart Tartous port.