Syrians who remained loyal to him through years of civil war fume that he left without a word. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The buffer zone between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights was created by the U.N. after the 1973 Mideast war. A ...

There is too much power in the hands of the US and regional actors like Turkey for China to play a key role After Russia and ...

A rocket fired from Yemen hit an area of Tel Aviv overnight, leaving 16 people injured by shattered glass, the Israeli military said Saturday, days after Israeli airstrikes hit Houthi rebels who have ...

The Syrian regime’s collapse came more quickly than the rebels had dreamed — the circumstances were both serendipitous and part of a larger global realignment.

Rebel forces in Syria are building a transitional government after toppling the regime of President Bashar Assad in a ...

Does Israel's seizure of Syrian territory serve temporary security goals? Or is it a permanent land grab that might thwart ...

Assad's downfall signals a transformative geopolitical shift reminiscent of the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Syria grapples with economic ruin, fragmented sovereignty, and competing external interests, ...

Update: The U.S. military has some 2,000 troops in Syria, which is more than twice the figure of 900 that the Pentagon has ...

Some U.S. colleges and universities are advising international students to return to campus before President-elect Donald ...

A journalists’ association says two reporters working for Kurdish media outlets have been killed in clashes between Syrian ...

At least 8 Palestinians were killed after an Israeli airstrike targeted Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp while US diplomats meet ...