While Russian ally Bashar al-Assad was being toppled by rebels in Syria, another friend of Moscow, President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, was being chaperoned by Kremlin-backed mercenaries in the ...

In our view, they should be tried in the nearest place to where the crimes were committed,’ says Foreign Ministry ...

The Israeli security cabinet had earlier recommended to the government that it allow the Qatar, Egypt and US-mediated truce ...

The article explores why Syria, despite its early independence, was unable to establish a democracy, instead evolving into a ...

A rightist ally of President Erdogan, Devlet Bahceli of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party, this week openly questioned ...

France plans to host an international conference on Syria next month to support the war-torn country's transition after half ...

France plans to hold a conference on Syria in Paris on Feb. 13, the French presidency said in a statement on Thursday.

The feeling is a new one for the Alawites, a group that was powerful and influential during the dictator's rule. The Alawites ...

France is trying to find ways to support its Kurdish allies as fears grow over their ability to maintain ISIS prisoners in ...

The selection of Mr. Salam was seen as a blow to Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group and political party that has acted as ...

Foreign ministers and top diplomats from Western and Middle Eastern countries are meeting Syria's new foreign minister in the ...

Syria's new ruler and Lebanon's prime minister pledged on Saturday to build lasting ties during the first visit by a Lebanese ...