British and American Special Forces were heavily involved in "screening" the border between Iraq and Syria to prevent Iraqi leaders fleeing to safety, as well as scouring the deserts of western ...

Bashar al-Assad has propped up his regime by exploiting the Middle East’s love of an amphetamine called captagon.

A civil war between 1976 and 1989 claimed nearly 100,000 Lebanese lives and cemented Hezbollah’s dominance within the state, ...

Most surviving volunteers who risked their lives to liberate Palestine in the 1980s are now in their 70s. Yet their courage and enthusiasm remain undiminished, and they still aspire to join the fight ...

The SOF’s estimated size of 200,000 men is unusual in comparison to other international special forces units. The British SAS is ... to have been deployed to Syria in support of Bashar al ...

Convoys that make it through are often shot at and targeted by Israeli forces despite ... citizens crossing into Syria, the ...

One of the world's most dangerous countries still gets nearly 100,000 tourists a year despite the ongoing instability there.

The UN human rights chief warned the “darkest moment” of the war is unfolding in northern Gaza, and said that Israel’s ...

The Kremlin on Monday denied reports that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump had spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin in recent days, and said Putin had no concrete plans yet to speak to Trump.

The supposedly special relationship between the UK and the US was always one of those ideas that boosted flagging UK egos as ...

For the international community, acknowledging Russia’s potential involvement is essential for crafting comprehensive ...

Political sources in Tel Aviv have said that negotiations on a ceasefire deal in Lebanon have reached advanced stages and ...