Assad, as a rebel-linked caretaker prime minister was appointed to oversee the transition of power. Follow for live updates.

U.N. peacekeepers' "freedom of movement is severely constrained in the current context," a U.N. official told Newsweek.

Rebel forces in Syria captured the capital Damascus and toppled the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick ...

The Israel-Hamas war has no end in sight, even after Israel reached a ceasefire with Lebanon's Hezbollah militants and ...

The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved resolutions Wednesday demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and expressing support for the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees that Israel has ...

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed that forces had destroyed Syria's navy but denied advancing toward Damascus.

The U.S. and its partners want to ensure the Islamic State can’t fill the leadership void following President Bashar Assad’s ...

Rights groups urge European nations not to send Syrian refugees back in haste - At least 14 European countries have put ...

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Islamic State militants seized large parts of Iraq and Syria in 2014, declaring a caliphate. The U.S. gathered a coalition of ...

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A top Israeli diplomat insisted his nation is "not getting involved" in Syria’s politics after the nation launched an aggressive campaign of airstrikes and seized control of a buffer zone in Syria.