The militias that control the Druse religious minority’s heartland in southwestern Syria have resisted the new government’s attempts to bring all armed groups under its control.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth stresses “lethality” as the U.S. military’s sole focus. But downplaying rules of engagement ...

There was a depressing sense of inevitability to the deadly violence which gripped Syria’s coastal region earlier this month ...

Nine Tennessee death row inmates are suing the state over its efforts to schedule a new round of executions. That move comes ...

Harvard University has become the latest target in the Trump administration’s approach to fight campus antisemitism. The ...

Some of the worst violence in years drives members of a minority sect linked to fallen Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to flee ...

Four people, including a 12-year-old boy, have been killed in a shooting in Tartous province, home to a majority Alawite population. Witnesses claim two soldiers from the Islamist group Hayat ...

The Syrian coast witnessed violent sectarian clashes between March 6-10, 2025, following military confrontations between remnants of the former President ...

Opposition to Trump has not yet gelled, but he is making an impressive number of enemies at home and abroad. These are ...

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

It is in Lebanon’s best interest to reach an understanding with the new Syrian government regarding border control—a ...

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced a transitional government on Saturday, a key milestone in the transition away from ...