In the aftermath of intense sectarian fighting, the eerily silent streets of Syria's southern province of Sweida are filled ...

Sectarian violence in southern Syria is shattering hopes for a united country among the country's Druze minority.

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A key challenge for postwar Syria is building trust between Arabs and Kurds. The security in Kurdish parts of Aleppo show how difficult that may be.

The Trump administration's May 2025 announcement in Riyadh, and subsequent executive order in June, lifting all sanctions on Syria and praising al-Sharaa as a "young, attractive guy.

Qatar Airways has announced the restoration of its complete flight services to Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria after the removal of airspace limitations in the area. Commencing on 30 June 2025 ...

The World Bank has approved over $1 billion dollars for infrastructure and reconstruction projects in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. The biggest amount went to Iraq, where the World Bank approved $930 ...

Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, the former commander of U.S. Central Command (Centcom), said on Sunday that he thinks U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria are “certainly vulnerable” to retaliatory ...

ANBAR (Reuters) -Iraq has officially reopened the Qaim border crossing with Syria for trade and passenger traffic, a spokesman for the Iraqi border authority said on Saturday, marking a key step ...

Israel, Iran, Iraq and Jordan have shut their airspace following the strikes, which targeted nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories and military commanders in Iran.

Security operatives in Syria and Iraq told Reuters they foiled at least a dozen major plots this year.