The unusual transfers from Damascus underscore how Russia, a crucial ally to Assad that lent him military support to prolong ...

T here is much irrational exuberance in Washington over the surprise overthrow of the Assad dynasty in Syria earlier this month. After all, Iran and Russia are down, Israel is up ...

The U.S. more than doubled its number of troops in Syria - from 900 to around 2,000 - before the fall of President Bashar al-Assad's government, the Pentagon said Thursday, publicly disclosing the ...