Syria’s worst wildfires in years have been brought under control after 10 days of intense firefighting. Civil Defense ...

United Nations sanctions monitors have seen no "active ties" this year between Al Qaeda and the Islamist group leading ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. and Russia have exchanged new ideas for Ukraine peace talks after he met ...

The optimism about changes in Syria should be tempered by a look at what is in, and what's out, in the new regime's schoolbooks.

The Trump administration's May 2025 announcement in Riyadh, and subsequent executive order in June, lifting all sanctions on ...

As the president’s traditional support wanes, he is seeking a risky deal with the Kurds to buy a political lifeline. But is ...

The move to declassify HTS as a terror organisation comes as part of the US’ easing of sanctions on Syria, still in a ...

U.S. Envoy Thomas Barrack welcomes Lebanon's response to proposal calling for Hezbollah disarmament within four months, ...

JAMES JEFFREY served as a Foreign Service Officer in seven U.S. administrations, including, during the first Trump ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order lifting most US sanctions on Syria this week, cementing a sea change in his ...