No one knows how many people were killed in Syria during the civil war. Local human rights organizations estimate that, by mid-2013, more than one hundred thousand people died, a figure that is almost ...

Most Kurds are Sunni Muslims, but the Kurdish population has diverse religious, cultural, social and political traditions, as well as a variety of dialects of the Kurdish language. Throughout the ...

War reporters are a fraternal bunch, but a certain class divide persists. On one side are staff correspondents, who can ...

Iran maintains ties with a range of countries, including Turkey, India, Russia and China. Yet in this war, their support is ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Israel’s military issued warnings to residents of dozens of border villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate “immediately” Wednesday as airstrikes on suburbs of Beirut intensified and ...

Syrians are rebuilding their country from the ruins of dictatorship, but progress could stall without a clear vision for the future ...

Iran's closest allies, Russia and China, have not offered material support to it, exposing the hard limits of its "strategic" partnerships.

Iran has not held back. It has already killed six American troops and came close to inflicting casualties on British forces ...

Syria's well-known TV dramas are returning to Ramadan screens as the industry tries to rebuild after years of war and the ...

In December 2024, forces led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham defeated Assad regime forces, leading to the regime’s collapse and raising hopes for an end to Syria’s brutal civil war. Since then, President ...

More than 3 million Syrian refugees have returned to Syria since the ousting of the Assad regime in December 2024. But after 50 years of the Assad dynasty's repressive reign and nearly 14 years of ...

Longtime American allies who have been guarding tens of thousands of Islamic State fighters and their families agreed this week to be integrated into the Syrian armed forces. While the deal marks a ...