The long-anticipated agreement closes a period of intense uncertainty in northeastern Syria after rebel forces led by Ahmed al-Sharaa, who is now the president, seized power in December 2024.

New tensions flared a day after a Kurdish-led militia agreed to hand over control of prisons holding some 8,000 Islamic State ...

Syria’s government said Sunday that it had signed a “ceasefire and full integration” agreement with a powerful Kurdish-led ...

ICE officers will be used as security for February’s Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, despite opposition from Italian ...

In 2008, the first black president was elected in the United States and the worst financial crisis in almost a century brought the worlds economy to its knees. Since then, a form of domestic terror ...

The Trump administration has accused Nicolás Ernesto Maduro Guerra, the only biological son of Venezuelan leader Nicolás ...

Iran-backed Iraqi paramilitary group Kataib Hezbollah has warned of a “total war” if Iran is attacked, signalling military ...

Tehran and its regional proxy groups have threatened retaliation against the United States and Israel as Washington moves ...

South Sudan’s army has launched a major military operation against opposition forces after recent territorial losses ...

The militia is still a force in Lebanese politics, but its ability to menace abroad has been severely weakened ...

UN warns against risk of mass violence after reports a senior military leader urged troops to kill civilians in Jonglei.