27/03/2019

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had to cut short his visit to Washington after a barrage of rockets from Gaza prompted Israeli airstrikes in response on Monday. But on the flight back to Jerusalem, officials were optimistic about…

Four years ago, a sympathizer of the Islamic State told me that the group’s caliphate was hardier than believed and would survive near-total loss of territorial control. “So long as there is one street in one village where the caliph…

For decades, international law has held that territory seized in war must be returned. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel asserted Tuesday that this was no longer a given. He made the argument after President Trump…

Thousands of Syrians gathered Tuesday in different cities to protest President Donald Trump’s formal recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights, a move that sparked widespread international condemnation, including…

Turkish and Russian forces carried out the first “independent and coordinated” patrols in the mainly Kurdish-controlled northern Syrian region of Tel Rifaat, Turkey’s defense ministry said on Tuesday. Tel Rifaat is controlled by…

Syrians who remained loyal to President Bashar al-Assad throughout the past eight years of war are increasingly expressing discontent with his government as living standards in the country continue to deteriorate even as the conflict winds…

Kurds will resist Damascus if it attacks, envoy says in Moscow Maintaining U.S. troop presence in Syria will ‘deter’ Turkey Fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces stand atop a roof next to their unfurled flag in Baghouz in…

In 2010, President Bashar al-Assad of Syria asked President Barack Obama in a private letter to sponsor new peace talks between Syria and Israel, a diplomatic chimera for a string of American presidents. The major sticking point was…

End of the Caliphate: What to Watch for After ISIS’s Territorial Defeat U.S.-backed forces in Syria have expelled Islamic State from its last outpost, but jihadist fighters are still…

Thousands of Syrians have staged protests across different cities against US President Donald Trump's formal recognition of Israel's sovereignty over the occupied Golan…