The U.S. has sent more forces to Syria, tamping down on the immediate threat, but experts warn that the extremist group could ...

South Korea has now established diplomatic ties with all 191 UN member states. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Israel is setting up military outposts and restricting villagers’ movements in a former demilitarized zone.

Syria welcomed a United Nations resolution on Friday to investigate violations and improve the country's human-rights record ...

The new leadership vowed to disband all militias. But the fiercely independent Druze have made no agreement, and say they're ...

Almost immediately after dictator Bashar al-Assad fled, Syria came under attack. Israeli airstrikes have hit several hundred ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday passed a resolution demanding accountability for violations and abuses by ...

The rationale was to address "mismanagement, fraud, and misaligned priorities." Former USAID official Jeremy Konyndyk said ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan confirmed on Wednesday that technical talks with Israel were under way, emphasising that ...

Syria’s new education minister, the only Kurd in the cabinet, wants to bridge gaps between the federal education system and ...

Pro-Turkey Syrian groups have scaled down their military presence in a historically Kurdish-majority area of the country's ...

South Korea and Syria have formally agreed to establish diplomatic relations, after years of maintaining a distance because ...