Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

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A prison in Syria holds about 4,500 members of the Islamic State group who have been there for years without trial ...

Turkey could set up two air force bases in Syria's central desert region of Badiyah, use Syrian airspace for military ...

Either maintaining Russia’s military bases in Syria or finding an alternative outpost in the Mediterranean will prove ...

After 43 months without outside contact, jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan has been allowed to meet with left-wing MPs.

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Over 20,000 U.S. federal employees, roughly 1% of the government workforce, have signed up for an offer to quit their jobs, a ...

Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. intelligence community, focused critical attention on the ...

Now Hezbollah is also at risk of losing the support of Lebanese Shiites, who make up its domestic base. As is usually the ...

Syria’s interim president on Tuesday called for international pressure on Israel to force it to withdraw from the buffer zone in southern Syria.

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