As insurgents raced across Syria in a surprise offensive launched in the country’s northwest late last year, officials from ...

Economy has been battered by corruption and 13 years of civil war. Coupled with international sanctions and mismanagement, ...

Fighting between Syrian Kurds -who a decade ago clawed out an autonomous territory in the country's northeast- and Turkish-backed militias is posing a serious threat to the current stability.

The Trump administration is laying groundwork to wind down efforts to reduce civilian harm in U.S. military operations.

The ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas stretched into a fifth day on Thursday. Humanitarian aid groups are working to ...

After the ouster of Syria's longtime leader Bashar al-Assad last month, Israel's military has taken up a new post in the demilitarized buffer zone created in Syria after the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL @STARADVERTISER.COM Allen Hoe showed soldiers a tattered old flag Wednesday that he and fellow ...

ISIS-linked cells may be planning more attacks after the New Year's massacre in New Orleans, with experts warning of a ...

In the mountains east of Syria’s Mediterranean coast, armed patrols root out Assad loyalists, masked gunmen monitor checkpoints and residents fret every strange face could be an informer. “See those ...

The Syrian conflict highlights the devastating impact of foreign interventions, proxy wars, and ideological ambitions, leading to regional instability, displacement, and power shifts, with Turkey and ...

Israeli forces have killed two Palestinian militants who carried out a deadly attack on a bus in the West Bank earlier this month ...