U.S. funding for the body provides leverage for reform but no less important will be sustained pressure from the leaders of ...

Syria will issue new banknotes, removing two zeros from its currency in an attempt to restore public confidence in the ...

The top U.N. envoy for Syria is warning that its transition remains “on a knife-edge” and violence could resume at any moment ...

The talks in Paris brokered by the United States were the latest effort to reduce tensions between the two longstanding foes, ...

Islamic State extremists are exploiting instability in Africa and Syria and remain a significant threat in Afghanistan, ...

Syria faces a potential food crisis after the worst drought in 36 years slashed wheat production by around 40%.

Topics included: compliance with the 1974 cease-fire agreement, violence in southern Syria, smuggling and refugees In a move described as surprising and unprecedented in recent years, Damascus ...

The IDF has launched an investigation to understand why the soldiers collected the grenade instead of detonating it on-site.

Beirut: Lebanon is not only waiting for Israel’s response to its stance on the US proposals related to a ceasefire, limiting the possession of arms to the state and the demarcation of the border, but ...

Officials from Jordan, Syria and the U.S. have discussed ways of supporting war-torn Syria’s reconstruction on the basis of improving security after deadly clashes last month ...