Thousands of Syria’s Jews left in recent decades. But after Assad’s ouster and easing of sanctions, they can now reconnect ...

President Trump signed an executive order this week lifting most sanctions on Syria. Ahead of that action, U.S. officials ...

The fall of the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has opened a window for wealthy Gulf countries to expand their influence as ...

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order later Monday terminating the US sanctions program, against Syria, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said, a bid to boost the nation’s economy ...

A pro-Assad uprising in early March in Syria’s coastal regions was the first test of the country's tenuous unity.

Though other factors are surely at play, church leaders in Nigeria insist the attacks are part of a systematic campaign to drive Christians from the region or force their conversion.

The entrance to the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, where 63 people are being held hostage, seen in 1980. Graffiti on the wall ...

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This change of tone, however fleeting, came after the intense U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear-development sites this week, ...

Now comes a new chapter in U.S.-Iran relations, whether for the better or the even worse. For nearly a half century, the ...

Along with signs of progress as Syria emerges from the devastation of a 13-year civil war and more than 50 years of ...

Rebels said they would swiftly free political prisoners. Syrian Prime Minister Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali said he wants Syria to be a "normal country that builds good relations with its neighbors ...