Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

Residents, many of whom have returned to homes that are little more than ... new Syrian government would take responsibility for ISIS prisoners. All that would allow the U.S. to cut ties with ...

Syria’s status as a classic Middle East tourist definition was shredded by civil war. Visitors are now beginning to return, ...

There might be a ceasefire, but the people of Gaza are far from free. This is a brief look beyond Israel's fortified border ...

The US invaded anyway, occupying Afghanistan for 20 years, killing at least 240,000 Afghans, most of them civilians, and spending some $2 trillion on propping up its detested occupation there. The ...

We have massive numbers in our prisons, and this constitutes an ongoing threat,” Syrian Democratic Forces commander, Gen.

Jouri Khaled (a pseudonym) never expected this interview to reopen a door to the past. At first, he hesitated, as if choosing ...