The most notorious of those was Sednaya. Its very name instilled terror. When the regime fell hundreds were freed, including Abdulrahman Al Mokdad, who was detained in 2018 for protesting against the ...

Initial Republican resistance to Gabbard's nomination melted after a public pressure campaign from President Donald Trump's ...

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Along with Donald Trump – someone else who’s been speaking to President Putin today, is Syria’s new leader Ahmed Al-Sharaa. Their phone call was the first contact between the two men, since ...

Syria’s relations with Iran and Russia remain an open wound for its people after the nations backed autocratic President Bashar Assad during its long war ...

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has spoken to Syria’s new leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, the first such top-level contact since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad ...

President Trump has already shaken up the Middle East by suggesting a U.S. takeover of Gaza. More drama could be on the way when the president spells out plans for other parts of the volatile region.

The United Nations envoy for Syria on Wednesday called on its new authorities to prevent a "cycle of retribution and revenge" ...