Before the fall of his regime in December, Syria's dictator Bashar Al Assad and his wife Asma embarked on victory tours of former rebel areas that had been captured by his forces. None was as brazen ...

Amid fragile ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon and shifting dynamics for Iran, Syria and others, the region is preparing for the ...

Here’s a look at the life of Kofi Annan, former UN secretary-general and Nobel Peace Prize recipient. Personal Birth date: April 8, 1938 Death date: August 18, 2018 Birth place: Kumasi, Ghana Birth ...

Abdullah Ocalan called on his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to disarm and disband, a move with far-reaching political and ...

Jordan also reproached the strikes.Iran called the latest attacks on Syria “a blatant violation of the UN Charter, ...

Many of the Syrians who attended this week's National Dialogue conference in the Syrian capital Damascus had never imagined they would be able to enter the building in which it was held. "Honestly, it ...

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The Israeli army said it carried out air strikes targeting military sites containing weapons in southern Syria on Tuesday, ...

Israeli planes struck the town of Kisweh approximately 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of Damascus, a Syrian security source and Syria TV said ...

Israeli warplanes bombed sites in a town in the south of Syria's capital as well as the southern province of Daraa late on ...

Israeli and Hamas officials say they have reached an agreement to exchange the bodies of dead hostages for the release of ...

A brief overview of global news highlights UK Foreign Minister Lammy's call to seize rather than just freeze Russian assets, ...