Israel defended the moves as necessary security measures, but Syria accused it of trying to destabilize the country.

The choice of cabinet officials was seen as a litmus test for whether the rebels who ousted Bashar al-Assad would deliver on ...

The ramped-up U.S. attacks against the Yemen-based Houthis are possible in part due to an extensive military footprint in the ...

A gold rush has broken out in the Sahara in recent years. Thousands of young Africans are digging in the sea of sand with ...

Jordan, from desert camping to visiting crusader castles - Here’s how to make the most of a Jordan holiday, whether you fancy ...

At the start of the new year, 115,000 Syrians had already returned home from Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. In December, the ...

The Trump administration and Israel approached the governments of Sudan and Somalia, and have also been interested in Syria ... be detained in the country's desert-based detention centers or ...

A map shows the religious and ethnic composition ... SDF-held Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria and in the southwest desert garrison of Al-Tanf, as of the most recently provided ...

A source in the SDF said joint operations would be launched in the coming days in the Syrian desert to fight the Islamic State group. The deal did not immediately clarify the fate of prisons under ...

QAMISHLI, Syria — Residents in northeastern Syria danced in the streets to celebrate a breakthrough pact between local Kurdish-led authorities and the new central government, while thousands of ...

Syria’s interim government has reached an agreement to integrate the Druze-majority southern province of Sweida into state institutions, multiple media outlets reported Tuesday. According to the ...

A source in the SDF said joint operations would be launched in the coming days in the Syrian desert to fight the Islamic State group. The deal did not immediately clarify the fate of prisons under ...