Assad's Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shia Islam whose members make up one of Syria's biggest religious minorities. Alawites ...

Ghariani, called on all Libyans to unite against the Russians in their country. The Russians fled to Libya after the fall of ...

The warnings say anyone whose ability to stay in the United States depends on an academic visa should reduce their risks and ...

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Even with hopes running high, so much can go wrong when a country ousts a longtime dictator and tries to start anew. The ...

Colorado College is urging its international students to return to campus from winter break before President-elect Donald ...

History tells us that where a fragmented coalition of armed groups finds itself in a political vacuum, more violence is ...

A military official at al-Khadim air base in eastern Libya said that a half-dozen Russian planes — some coming from Russia ...

After the fall of the Assad regime, Russian cargo planes flew equipment from Syria to bases Moscow controls in eastern Libya, ...

Acting decisively now can undermine Russia’s and Iran’s positions in the Middle East and strengthen U.S. and European ...

Syria's military said it had carried out a "temporary troop withdrawal" in Aleppo to prepare for a counteroffensive against "terrorists". And it admitted insurgents had entered large parts of the ...

The country is deeply divided along religious and ethnic lines, which makes continuing violence one likely scenario.