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Syrian opposition activists say insurgents have captured four new towns, bringing them closer to the central city of Hama.

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Edan Alexander grew up in New Jersey and was a soldier in the Israeli military when Hamas militants attacked on the morning ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met President Bashar Assad in Damascus on Sunday as Syria launched a counterattack ...

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militants have taken control of “the majority of the city,” according to The Syrian Observatory of Human ...

The political calculus has changed in the past four years, with new wars that may make the administration reticent to work ...

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Sultan, late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s son-in-law and second secretary, broke his silence and sat down with Asharq ...

His Excellency Roar Haugsdal, the new Norwegian Ambassador to South Sudan, on Wednesday presented his credentials to South ...

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, emphasized on Tuesday that Iraq has firmly rejected going to war and that it would continue to provide aid to the ...

The gathering on Monday and Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro is being held amid two major wars and around two weeks after Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election.