Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria have announced an agreement with the transitional government in Damascus to evacuate ...

But persistent outbreaks of sectarian violence have stoked fears among Syria’s many minority groups that the country’s new ... covering Turkey and the surrounding region.

Sanctions on Syria could have extended for a year or more due to various considerations – including the uncertainty surrounding the country’s political future, reservations about the new ...

The shrine and the surrounding area ... While some Shiites have fled Syria after Assad’s fall, Hamza said he wouldn’t. “Syria is my country,” he said. “If I went to Lebanon, Iraq ...

(CNN) — Syria strongly condemned foreign intervention in the country following a rare Israeli ... launched a wide-scale operation in the area surrounding Sahnaya to arrest “outlawed gangs ...

Many of Turkey’s Kurds view Mr. Ocalan as a potent symbol of the struggle for Kurdish rights. And despite his imprisonment, ...

A significant question hovers over whether behaviors can change in the region as a result of a realignment with the United States.The post Can Trump’s economic diplomacy reshape the Middle ...

Significantly, the country followed strictly orthodox Wahhabi Sunni Islam. Now, Saudi Arabia has mandated a much more modern ...

There are only two other countries that rejected the Paris Agreement: Nicaragua and Syria. And, considering that Nicaragua didn't join because its diplomats felt the agreement doesn't go far ...

The U.S. has switched to “annihilation tactics” against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, surrounding fighters ... has been present throughout the country for centuries. Now they are the ...