The Somali state of Puntland is witnessing an escalation of security challenges with an increase in military confrontations against the Islamic State ...

Israel has built a growing network of outposts and fortifications in Syria and Lebanon, deepening concerns about a protracted ...

Syria’s new transitional government was sworn in Saturday nearly four months after the Assad family was removed from power ...

Syria's new government, dominated by interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa's inner circle, faces the daunting challenge of ...

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced a transitional government on Saturday, appointing 23 ministers in a broadened ...

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Saturday announced a new transitional government dominated by close allies and including one woman, replacing caretaker authorities in place since the ...

The choice of cabinet officials was seen as a litmus test for whether the rebels who ousted Bashar al-Assad would deliver on ...

The announcement came as the new leadership under Ahmed al-Sharaa pushes to win acceptance at home and abroad.

BERLIN (AP) — The German and Austrian interior ministers broke off a planned trip to Syria on Thursday because of a possible ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — International donors on Monday pledged almost 6 billion euros ($6.5 billion) in aid for Syria, hoping to encourage the new leaders of the conflict-ravaged country toward a ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese and Syrian defense officials reached an agreement late Monday for a ceasefire to halt two days of clashes along the border, Syria’s state-run SANA news agency reported.