The Pentagon announced the US currently has "approximately 2,000" troops in Syria, more than double the previously disclosed number of 900, a Defense Department spokesperson said at a press briefing on Thursday.
"There are diplomatic and operational (...)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan welcomed Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati in the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Wednesday where the leaders held bilateral talks.
Mikati informed Erdoğan of the situation on the ground in Lebanon, which has (...)
Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman received Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Iraq Mohammed Shia al-Sudani at the winter camp in Al-Ula on Wednesday.
During the meeting, the two leaders discussed (...)
More than 50 people were killed in Israeli air and ground attacks across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, according to local medics and rescuers.
They said children, a cameraman who worked for the Al Jazeera TV network and personnel from the Civil Defense (...)
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said the British government has had "diplomatic contact" with the Syrian rebel group that toppled the Assad regime.
Lammy said Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) remains a proscribed terrorist organization, but the UK (...)
The Yarmouk refugee camp, once a bustling hub for Palestinians in Syria, is seeing a slow return of its former residents following the December 8 fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
However, the camp's future, and the place of Syria's Palestinian (...)
AQABA, Jordan — Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, took part in the meeting of the Arab Ministerial Contact Committee on Syria on Saturday in Aqaba, Jordan.
The committee, established by an Arab League resolution, includes (...)
RIYADH — Ambassador Abdulaziz Al-Wasil, Saudi Arabia's permanent representative to the United Nations, reiterated the Kingdom's call for a ceasefire in Gaza while addressing the United Nations General Assembly's (UNGA) 10th emergency special session (...)
A former Syrian government official has been charged with torture in the United States, authorities said on Thursday.
Samir Ousman Alsheikh, who oversaw the Damascus Central Prison from 2005 and 2008, was charged by a federal grand jury with several (...)
With the fleeing of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the collapse of the Syrian army, and the fall of cities such as Damascus, Homs, Aleppo, Hama, and Sweida into the hands of armed opposition factions, an important chapter in Syria's modern (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan received a phone call from the French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot. During the call, they discussed regional developments and issues of common (...)
A number of European countries, including the UK, have suspended the processing of asylum applications for Syrians, after the downfall of former president Bashar al-Assad.
Austria's caretaker government has stopped all asylum claims from Syrians and (...)
Syrian media reports say Israeli warplanes have carried out dozens of attacks across the country, including in the capital, Damascus.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said there were more than 100 strikes on military (...)
A mountainous task ahead as Syria, battered by almost 14 years of division and fighting under a brutal civil war looks ahead to shape its new future after the end of Bashar al-Assad's 24-year rule.
As the dust settles on the dramatic downfall of (...)
Brimming with excitement, Syrians poured into Ummayed Square in the heart of Damascus on Sunday to celebrate the fall of Bashar Assad's government.
The square, home to the Ministry of Defense building, became a focal point for jubilant crowds (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia and France praised the strength of economic relations between the two friendly countries in various fields and the level of trade between them.
In a joint statement issued at the conclusion of the visit of French President (...)
MANAMA — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan called on the international community to act swiftly to translate into action the two-state solution for the Palestine issue. "If the international community is interested in (...)
Insurgents in Syria advanced to the suburbs of Damascus on Saturday, marking a major escalation in their offensive and prompting the government to deny rumors that President Bashar Assad had fled the country.
The advances, led by the Hayat Tahrir (...)
Iran said on Friday that it has successfully conducted a space launch with its heaviest payload ever, the latest development in a program the West alleges improves Tehran's ballistic missile program.
The launch of the Simorgh rocket comes as Iran's (...)
Syrian rebels say they have taken full control of a second major city, after the military withdrew its troops from Hama in another setback for President Bashar al-Assad.
The leader of the militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Abu Mohammed (...)
In a courtroom in Munich, Nora sat across from the person who had bought her as a slave, abused her and murdered her five-year-old daughter.
Nora and Reda were being held captive in Iraq by the extremist group Islamic State (IS) in 2015, the year (...)
The reach and credibility of international law is at its lowest in years as governments dismiss arrest warrants in some of the most high-profile cases to come before the International Criminal Court.
In the past 18 months, the Hague-based court has (...)
BEIRUT — The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has dispatched an airlift of 27 aircraft carrying essential relief supplies to Lebanon.
The shipments include food, shelter materials, medical supplies, baby formula, personal (...)
Israel struck targets in Lebanon on Monday evening after vowing to retaliate for an attack by Hezbollah on a military post, with both sides accusing each other of violating last week's ceasefire.
At least 11 people, including a security officer, (...)
GCC Secretary General Jassem Al-Budaiwi announced the formation of high-level committees focusing on sovereign funds, investments, and financial investigations during the 45th GCC Summit hosted by Kuwait on Sunday.
In his address, Al-Budaiwi urged (...)
