Blinken will be the latest senior U.S. official to trek to the Middle East since Assad fled to Russia over the weekend as ...

The focus for the U.S.. after Assad's ouster, is on the historic moment for Syria. Left unsaid: the turmoil is potentially ...

The jihadi rebels who toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad say they want to build a unified, inclusive country ...

With the balance of power in northern Syria swinging toward the rebels who toppled the Assad regime, U.S.-backed Kurdish ...

Human Rights Watch says Mali’s armed forces, supported by Russian mercenaries, committed abuses against civilians since the ...

The victory of Islamist forces in Afghanistan, and now Syria will strengthen the hands of extremist forces and lead to ...

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a speech Wednesday that the U.S. and Israel were behind the fall of former President Bashar Assad.

For more than half a century, the Assad dynasty appeared to have an impregnable hold over Syria. Relying on a formidable security apparatus, brutal use of force, and powerful allies such as Russia, ...

Gen. Mazlum Kobani, commander of Kurdish forces in Syria, said recent decisions by the U.S. in Syria potentially “leaves a ...

In just over a week, Syrian rebel forces seized much of Syria’s northwest. First, the rebels captured Syria’s largest city, ...

The US’ key anti-ISIS partners in Syria said on Wednesday that the ISIS detention facilities they guard are coming under ...

Massive U.S. airstrikes on Islamic State militants in Syria were meant in part as a message to the group and a move to ensure ...