Libya is a Greater Prize for Putin Libya has Africa’s largest proven oil reserves and, just as in Syria, the Russians are competing with Islamist Turkey for control over the country (ostensibly ...

Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

new video loaded: On a Raid With Syria’s New Security Forces transcript We’re in Latakia, riding with security forces just 10 days after the collapse of the Syrian government led by former ...

In the days following the fall of Assad, Russian troops and vehicles were seen evacuating their bases in Syria en masse, with reports that Russia was moving assets elsewhere in the Middle East, ...

UN Syria envoy Geir Pedersen calls for a peaceful solution between the new Damascus government and the Kurds. — LOUAI BESHARA Syria's defence minister said Wednesday that Damascus was open to talks ...

Jan 16 (Reuters) - An official with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said on Thursday the militant group would agree to leave northeastern Syria if the U.S.-allied Kurdish Syrian Democratic ...

France plans to hold a conference on Syria in Paris on February 13, the French presidency said in a statement on Thursday. Following a call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Macron's ...

Despite protest over Syria's more "Islamic" curriculum changes, there are parallel priorities, observers say. After 14 years of war, millions of children remain out of school, and schools need to ...

Turkey has offered military assistance and capacity-building support to the new Syrian military to combat “terrorist groups”, during an unprecedented visit by a high-level Syrian delegation ...

Syria’s new defense minister, Murhaf Abu Qasra, stated on Sunday that the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) cannot retain their own military bloc within the Syrian armed forces.

Syria’s new defence minister has said it would not be right for US-backed Kurdish fighters based in the country’s northeast to retain their own bloc within the broader integrated Syrian armed ...