Syria conflict

United Nations special envoy Geir Pedersen called Wednesday for “free and fair elections” in Syria and urged humanitarian assistance to the war-torn country after Bashar al-Assad’s ouster this month. Addressing…

President-elect Donald Trump characterized the rebel ouster of Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad by Ankara-backed rebels as an “unfriendly takeover” by US ally Turkey as he addressed the conflict at a…

A Syrian bunker complex outside the port of Tartus was ablaze and rocked by an explosion just hours after what a war monitor and locals said was an intense wave…

Ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad says he had no plans to leave the country after the fall of Damascus a week ago but the Russian military evacuated him after their…

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday that he discussed the imperative of Palestinian militant group Hamas’ saying ‘yes’ to the Gaza ceasefire agreement in his talks with…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Thursday that Israeli forces will remain in a Syrian buffer zone adjacent to the Golan Heights until a force on the Syrian side…

The United States says it has carried out dozens of air strikes on ISIL (ISIS) targets in Syria following the stunning collapse of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. The US…