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.

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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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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 ...

The United States must press the Syrian Transitional Government to bring the perpetrators of the Saint Elias Church attack to ...

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

Turkey’s Defense Ministry says three more soldiers have died from methane gas poisoning in northern Iraq, raising the death toll to eight. The soldiers were searching a cave for the remains of ...