During more than a decade of war in Syria, plenty of external powers got involved. The hope now for the country’s shattered ...

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -United Nations sanctions monitors have seen no "active ties" this year between ...

They were on opposite sides during Syria's civil war and now must do lifesaving work together. A makeshift brick wall divides ...

SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq, July 11 (Reuters) - Thirty Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants burned their weapons at the mouth of a ...

Dozens of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants began handing over weapons in a ceremony in a cave in northern Iraq on ...

Under the Assad regime, Saydnaya prison became a mass-killing machine; ‘a symbol of shame for the whole world.’ ...

The bombing at the Mar Elias Church in Damascus, Syria, last month that killed over two dozen people is an indication that ...

The regime remains a grave threat to the region and the West, to say nothing of Iranians themselves, writes Roya Boroumand.

Emmanuel Macron has blamed Brexit for the UK’s migration crisis, as a new deal was announced between Britain and France to ...

Since the church bombing, some Christians have been afraid to meet for church. A group of Kurdish Christians who are ...

Syrian activist Shadi Martini tells lobby new president called peace with Israel a 'unique opportunity'; Gulf journalist ...

News about Bashar al-Assad, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.