Sharaa, a rebel once aligned with al-Qaida, as Syria's president “in the transitional phase,” came after a meeting of the ...

He had spent the day with the leaders of Syria’s myriad armed factions, trying to persuade them to disband. Over seven weeks after the fall of Damascus, the fate of these groups is still uncertain.

Former rebels now controlling Syria name an interim president and throw out the constitution adopted under Assad, saying a ...

Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq, collectively part of the Hashd al Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Units), face increasing calls to ...

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Syria’s new leadership announced Wednesday that Ahmed al-Sharaa has been named interim president and assigned to establish a transitional ...

Egypt backed president Bashar al-Assad until the eleventh hour ... accompanied by a 2017 speech in which Sisi claimed that forces behind the war in Syria could turn their sights on Egypt.

The United States and Qatar announced a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, pausing the devastating 15-month war in Gaza and clearing the way for dozens of Israeli hostages to go home. U.S.

With the sudden overthrow of the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad ... walked out of the meeting before a speech by Mr. al-Assad, signaling his country’s stance. After the Assad ouster, Qatar ...

Behrouz Esbati partially blamed Moscow for the fall of Bashar Assad's government during a speech at a mosque in Tehran ... the headquarters of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the rebel group spearheading ...

Syrian rebels ended Bashar al-Assad's rule, and the UK saw Labour topple Conservatives. This was one of the largest quakes in Japan since 2018 and resulted in damage to at least 200 structures ...