Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, the former militant commander who led the overthrow, says he is working to build an ...

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The top U.N. official for Syria is warning of the “real dangers of renewed conflict and deeper confrontation” in the ...

Concern over the country splitting apart may be headed off by an attempt at national reconciliation through two commissions ...

During Syria’s civil war, protecting the revered Sayyida Zeinab shrine was a rallying cry for some Shiite fighters and groups ...

There was a time when Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to have all the cards. The Palestinian Authority was largely passive, the ...

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