The mounting chaos in Homs exemplifies the challenge Mr Sharaa faces all over Syria. His government must ensure the safety of ...

Some national borders are determined by natural phenomena like seas, mountains and rivers. Most, however, are created by ...

In November 2017, after a lengthy meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping, Donald Trump boasted that he and Xi can solve “probably all” the world’s problems. Today, he believes he alone can solve ...

This week, Hamas once again showed why reaching a ceasefire deal was so elusive for so long: the group threatened to stop ...

Assad fled, some of the only houses with round-the-clock electricity here are those that share a power grid with the ...

For many years, the Syrian desert was an incredibly dangerous place. Experts believe the last remnants of Islamic State are still there. But are they really?

Or is every bomb dropped, every missile launched, every bullet fired at children by Israel’s snipers, every threat to commit ...

Britain said on Saturday it had tracked in recent days six Russian naval and merchant ships carrying ammunition used in Syria ...

Turkey seeks to extend its control in Syria, pushing a colonial-style administration while targeting Kurdish forces. It ...

Ancient Greek geographer Strabo is one of the greatest writers in the ancient world, devoting his life to studying, writing, ...

This is the twelvth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia—to spend time in ...