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The trip signals strong support for the new Syrian government, as President Sharaa seeks the breakthroughs needed to end ...

Sharaa's Washington trip marks the first visit by a Syrian head of state since 1946. Talks aim to have Damascus join the ...

Baba, said the ministry’s campaign against Islamic State (IS) cells involved 61 raids across several provinces and led to the arrest of 71 operatives. Those detained included leaders at different ...

Israel on Sunday again rejected any prospect of Turkish soldiers joining an international force in Gaza, issuing the statement after Ankara announced arrest warrants for 37 senior Israeli officials on ...

A businessman who considered leaving Belfast after a racist attack is back in business in another part of the city.

It’s September 1973. The Middle East is a powder keg. In this DCS World mission, you take on the role of a Syrian MiG-21 pilot during critical pre-war operations. Surveillance, tension, and the ...

Jasmine Naamou and Tarek Naemo, a Florida couple advocating closer U.S.–Syria ties, have courted lawmakers including Sen.

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump is hosting Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa at the White House on Monday, welcoming the ...

The killings happened in the village of Anaz in Wadi al-Nasara, or the Valley of the Christians – an area of rolling hills in ...

Ussama Uthman, now 59, was building a vast record of brutality in Syria's detention facilities — the first solid proof that ...

Sharaa's White House meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday caps a stunning year for the rebel-turned-ruler who ...