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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken promised Friday to work with Iraq to ensure no resurgence of the Islamic State group ...

Thousands of jubilant people rallied in cities across Syria, including at a landmark mosque in the capital Damascus, to ...

Israeli leaders keep stressing that the military presence in the buffer zone and on Mount Hermon is temporary, but a lot will ...

Russia is reaching out to the new forces in Syria in a bid to maintain its military bases in the country, citing the ongoing ...

Iran has agreed to increased monitoring by the UN nuclear watchdog at its Fordo enrichment plant, following its plans to ramp ...

Thousands of jubilant Syrians gathered outside a landmark mosque in the capital Damascus to celebrate during the first Friday ...

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has ordered the military to "prepare to remain" throughout the winter in the ...

Syria's rebel chief called on people across the country to celebrate "the victory of the revolution" on Friday, as G7 leaders ...

Kurdish authorities have made overtures to Islamist-led rebels who seized power in Syria last week, but the long-oppressed ...

For the Catholic Marist Brothers of Aleppo, one of nearly a dozen Christian communities in Syria's second city, today's most ...

Eight-year-old Rayan Assani knows next to nothing about Syria, but in a few minutes, the little girl with long black hair and ...