When Islamist rebels swept through Syria’s second largest city in an operation that would eventually culminate in the ouster of the brutal Assad regime, Christians were given assurances that their ...

Israel’s defense minister has confirmed that Israel assassinated Hamas’ top leader last summer and is threatening to take similar action against the leadership of the Houthi rebel group in Yemen.

Russia's president says he should've prepared more before launching his country's full-scale invasion in February 2022.

Early reports indicated Assad fled to Russia. Moscow has been known to give shelter to exiled authoritarians and dictators. The two countries have a bond shaped by their opposition to the West ...

Assad's regime was overthrown continues to astonish political analysts and strategists. Last weekend, a report that went ...

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The Government has made “diplomatic contact” with the rebel group that toppled the Assad regime in Syria ...

Bashar al-Assad’s downfall came not with a bang but a whimper. The Syrian dictator reportedly fled his home in the wake of a blitzkrieg advance by a coalition of anti-government rebels.

It was a hub of terrorism in the Middle East, giving strength to groups like ISIS, al-Qaeda and Hezbollah. Assad’s chief backer, Russian President Vladimir Putin, saved Assad in 2015 and ...

It might give the many Syrian refugees who had to flee the chaos of a civil war, ISIS and Assad’s vengeful hand a chance at returning home. But as we sadly saw with the overthrow of Libyan ...

When news broke about the fall of President Bashar al-Assad's government in Syria this ... Establishing an environment in which free speech and press freedom are respected is crucial, said Fadel ...