Sham, which overthrew the Assad regime last month, reflects rising U.S. alarm that ISIS could mount a resurgence.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, giving President Donald Trump the second member of his new Cabinet.

The U.S. Senate confirmed former Texas Congressman John Ratcliffe to serve as the next director of the CIA on Thursday.

The ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas stretched into a fifth day on Thursday. Humanitarian aid groups are working to surge food and supplies to the war-ravaged territory as Palestinians scour ...

Donald Trump with Erdogan (left), and Gen Mazloum Abdi Battles are raging in the northeast region of Syria, between the ...

Syria’s need for large-scale recovery is too great to ignore – the time for decisive action is now. Steps must be taken urgently to dismantle the barriers to early recovery efforts across the country ...

Last week’s column looked at the SWP’s politics on the fall of Assad and how they distort reality in Syria by looking through ...

Their treaty may be a case of "form over substance," and its timing — after Assad's fall and before Trump's return — is key.

President Trump has formally designated drug cartels to be terrorist organizations, but what exactly does that mean?

as were most of the leading figures in the Syrian security forces and bureaucracy. The Alawite sect is an offshoot of Shia Islam. Sunni Muslims generally consider Alawite beliefs to deviate from ...

The new leadership in Lebanon may bring much needed positive change to the country - and that may spread to the rest of the region.