The rebel chief who led the overthrow of the longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad has been declared the head of government for a transitional period.

A horrific storm – the worst in nearly a century – ravaged the area. It leveled homes and wrecked infrastructure. In the aftermath, authorities weren’t responding fast enough to help survivors, who ...

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said discussions with a Qatari delegation in Damascus Thursday included ...

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani will attend a conference in Paris on Feb. 13 aimed at coordinating regional ...

Weeping, Fairuz Shalish grasps the red earth at an unmarked grave in Syria that she believes may hold her son, one of tens of ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani on Wednesday met with France’s Ambassador to Iraq Patrick Durel, discussing a host of topics including Erbil-Baghdad relations ...

Nicole Grajewski is a Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and an Associate ...

EU foreign ministers on January 27 agreed to begin easing sanctions on Syria starting with key sectors such as energy. France ...

An array of domestic and foreign powers are vying for influence in Lebanon, including the Lebanese Armed Forces, Hezbollah, ...

European countries say they are eager to help reconstruct war-ravaged country and build bridges with its new leaders.

The European Union is lifting some sanctions on Syria to support efforts to stabilize Damascus following the December ousting ...

EU foreign ministers were in Brussels to discuss lifting some sanctions on Syria after the fall of Bashar Assad's regime. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Hungary could drop its veto on ...