The organization, which the US designates a terrorist group, has tried to shed that image and appear more moderate to the ...

Assad Syria, transitioning from insurgency to governance amid challenges of legitimacy, recognition, and internal opposition.

A major offensive has seen rebel groups in Syria retake the country’s second city, Aleppo – and demonstrated the growing ...

God willing,” the militant told his lieutenants, they would “be able to celebrate Eid al-Fitr in Aleppo and Damascus soon.” ...

The Islamist group, which spearheaded of the surprise rebel advance into Aleppo, is an offshoot of al-Qaida in Syria.

The State Department said the US had arranged with local groups to secure the shuttered US Embassy compound in Damascus, ...

Israeli airstrikes in northern and central Gaza killed at least 33 people overnight, Palestinian medical officials said ...

Sham" at the Josieh crossing.

The Syrian rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which seized Aleppo in a shock offensive over the weekend, is an Islamist ...

Is India prepared to take on a prominent role within a global dynamic where geopolitical theatres increasingly influence one ...

The significant US operation against the Islamic State is part of the effort to degrade the terror group and keep it from ...

U.N. peacekeepers' "freedom of movement is severely constrained in the current context," a U.N. official told Newsweek.