I watched a granddaughter continue to scoop cups full of tadpoles to admire then release. Studying her, I was reminded of how ...

Turkey is celebrating the latest developments in Syria, where the new government has effectively defeated a major Kurdish-led ...

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have fallen from power in Syria as the U.S. shifts its backing to the country's new ...

Years of civil war have turned whole areas of the city into rows of empty husks. But after the fall of Assad, Syrians have returned to their old homes determined to rebuild ...

A third round of retaliatory strikes by the U.S. in Syria resulted in the death of an Al-Qaeda-affiliated leader, who ...

Hundreds of protesters have been killed in Iran, rights groups say, as President Trump threatened "strong" military action.

Operation Hawkeye Strike: How Donald Trump is taking on ISIS in Syria again - The president has stepped up attacks on ISIS in recent weeks after saying the U.S. should have ‘nothing to do with’ Syria ...

The first wave of detentions in the new Syria came almost immediately – just after victorious rebels flung open the doors of Bashar al-Assad’s notorious prisons. As ordinary Syrians stormed detention ...

Bashar al-Assad’s long, brutal reign ended swiftly, but he and his close circle have had a soft landing in Russia. Credit...Aaron Byrd Supported by By Erika Solomon Christiaan Triebert Haley Willis ...

HOMS, Syria (AP) — A year ago, Mohammad Marwan found himself stumbling, barefoot and dazed, out of Syria’s notorious Saydnaya prison on the outskirts of Damascus as rebel forces pushing toward the ...

The fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in December 2024 dealt a major blow to Iran, depriving it of a key Mediterranean base and supply route to Hezbollah. Iran spent up to $50 billion ...