The disarmament process will start under tight security in Iraqi Kurdistan and is expected to take all summer.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that the U.S. and Russia have exchanged new ideas for Ukraine peace talks after he met with his Russian counterpart in Malaysia on Thursday.

Adventurers are booking "danger tourism" trips for thrills and social media fame, but officials urge travelers to stick to low-risk countries.

A U.S. envoy says that Syria’s central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging their forces after the ...

In 1978, Israel invaded Lebanon to push Palestinian fighters away from its northern borders and put an end to rockets launched from south Lebanon. This fighting included the massacre of many civilians ...

Trump’s immigration policy has closed America’s doors and could change the way Americans think about citizenship and ...

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The country is experiencing its worst drought in decades, which has set the conditions for the blazes to scorch an area the ...

Finally, Maalula, a picturesque mountain village, is famous for its churches and monasteries, and for being one of the few ...

Under the Assad regime, Saydnaya prison became a mass-killing machine; ‘a symbol of shame for the whole world.’ ...

A Syrian official says firefighters are facing heavy winds, high temperatures and ordnance left behind from the country's ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order lifting most US sanctions on Syria this week, cementing a sea change in his ...