A 34-year-old man from Houston who is said to have sent a résumé and cover letter seeking a job with the Islamic State has been seized on a battlefield in Syria, ...
Residents of the Kurdish-held northern town brace for upheaval as US forces prepare to withdraw.
Washington (CNN) Despite President Donald Trump's decision to pull US troops from Syria and recent statements from some senior administration officials, ...
A third senior Pentagon official has quit following Donald Trump's announcement that US forces would leave Syria. Department of defence chief of staff Kevin ...
Rights group says US troop withdrawal from Syria may allow ISIL to return, posing an 'existential threat' to minorities.
Donald Trump's national security adviser John Bolton has appeared to contradict the president by saying the planned withdrawal of US troops from Syria ...
Syria's chief opposition negotiator said on Sunday he was surprised by countries rebuilding ties with the Syrian government and urged them to reverse their ...
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Mehdi Nemmouche stands accused of carrying out Europe's first attack by a terrorist returning from the war in Syria. But his journey from a French foster home to ...
The president had ordered that the 2000 American troops in the country leave within 30 days, but said on Monday that they would be “slowly” drawn down.
In May 2018, the Russian military revealed it had combat-tested its Uran-9 robot tank in Syria. The diminutive remote-control tank is noted for its formidable gun ...
Washington narratives, once determined, are almost impossible to change. A pristine example has been President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. ...
WATCH: Pulling American troops out of Syria will create more chaos and more anarchy in the Middle East, a reality that should concern everyone, says retired ...
The last U.S.-led offensive against ISIS in Syria is taking place in a remote desert region. The al-Hol refugee camp is overwhelmed with new arrivals.
IT DID NOT take long for America's decision to withdraw from Syria to be felt across the Middle East. The Syrian regime, along with its Russian and Iranian allies, ...
The extent of the deaths in Syria could have been avoided if the responsibility to protect had been upheld, says Rayhan Haque.
Government is trying to establish if alleged militant arrested in Syria is an Irish citizen.
Day two of the AFC Asian Cup started off with title-holders Australia being shocked by Jordan before India thrashed Thailand to earn their first win in the Asian ...
The Senate is gearing up to rebut the administration on Syria, after President Trump's decision to pull U.S. troops caught lawmakers flatfooted.
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Feeling betrayed by the United States, its Kurdish allies in Syria asked the Syrian government on Friday to protect them from possible ...
The country has given a warm welcome to thousands fleeing Assad's regime – but can they weather its bitter winters?
US military escalates bombardment of ISIL-held areas in eastern Syria after President Trump announced troop pull-out.
A British Columbia man who went to Syria seeking adventure has been detained in the war-ravaged country, and Canada's foreign ministry says there is little it ...
The Syrian army has reportedly sent reinforcements to the outskirts of Hama and Idlib in the west amid an escalating infighting among foreign-backed terrorists.
Without the will of successive presidents, Congress or the body politic, it wasn't possible for the U.S. to compete with Russia, Iran and Turkey to impact Syria's ...
Demise of plan to remain in Syria until Iranian forces depart illustrates dramatic turnarounds that have characterized president's foreign policy.
President Trump's decision to withdraw American troops from Syria clears the way for Iran to expand its influence and leaves Israel alone to stop it.
U.S. troops will now stay in Syria indefinitely, controlling a third of the country and facing peril on many fronts.
Syrian state media says Iraqi forces can now attack ISIL targets inside Syria without getting approval from Damascus.
There are steps the president can take to make the most of an essentially correct — but unpopular — decision to withdraw U.S. forces.
America should not be in the business of creating another de facto Kurdish state.
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is considering using small teams of Special Operations forces to strike the Islamic State in Syria, one option for continuing an ...
Kurdish soldiers fighting ISIS in Syria say that they captured five foreign militants, including an American who sent his resume to the extremist group, according ...
Basirma camp, Iraq: Raman* was desperate to return to his home town of Afrin in the far north-east of Syria, to renew his life as a butcher and family man.
President Trump declared victory over ISIS. But the international response is decidedly mixed — from worries in liberated Raqqa to applause from Russia and ...
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Mouaz Moustafa of the Syrian Emergency Task Force. He says president Trump's decision to leave Syria will have dangerous ...
Syrian government forces have discovered Israeli and US-made munitions at militant weapons caches in Syria's southwestern province of Dara'a.
In Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq, six million Syrians are camped out. Pressure is building for them to go back to Syria. So we asked them what they think.
Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Wednesday it is "right" to withdraw US troops from Syria and Afghanistan.
ISTANBUL — The Turkish president is threatening to mount a new incursion into northern Syria, accusing the United States of failing to tackle the security threats ...
This year is ending on a note of triumph for the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Donald Trump has announced a rapid troop withdrawal from Syria, shocking ...
David Greene talks to retired Admiral James Stavridis, former supreme allied commander for NATO, about the potential consequences of the president's plan to ...
Turkish leader says US President Trump gave a 'positive response' to Ankara's planned offensive in northern Syria.
The enemy of my enemy might be my friend, but what if the enemy of my enemy isn't that good at being the enemy of my enemy? And simultaneously, that the ...
JERUSALEM — Israeli airstrikes near the Syrian capital overnight endangered two civilian flights trying to land at the Damascus and Beirut airports, Russia's ...
Hello & welcome to FOX Sports Asia's live coverage of the AFC Asian Cup 2019's second Group B match of the day as Syria face Palestine.
The US called on Turkey to not follow through on threats to attack US-backed forces in Syria Wednesday, an incursion the Pentagon warned could threaten US ...
Members of rescue organization that saved thousands resettle in Nova Scotia after evacuation via Israel and Jordan.
The Department of Defense on Friday tweeted about the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria, saying that it was a carefully planned and organized maneuver.
After President Trump's decision to pull out U.S. troops, residents of northeastern Syria tell NPR they feel betrayed. Syrians, led by Kurdish fighters, have lost ...
A senior Israeli official on Monday said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to ask U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to slow the withdrawal of ...
Stakeholders fail to agree on the makeup of a Syrian constitutional committee amid calls to convene next year.
President Donald Trump's sudden decision Wednesday to withdraw the roughly 2,000 U.S. troops stationed in Syria has set off an all-too-predictable debate ...
(CNN) The order to withdraw US forces from Syria has been signed. A US defense official confirmed to CNN that "the execute order for Syria has been signed," ...
The US troop withdrawal has set off a scramble for control in Syria's north and humanitarian workers warn an assault on Idlib could create a refugee crisis of ...
Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham condemn president's surprise decision to pull remaining US forces out.
Assad's government is doubling down on the killing of political prisoners as the civil war heads towards its end.
Omar al-Bashir expresses hopes Syria will soon recover important regional role in talks with President Bashar al-Assad.
“His policies are making that worse as our allies see us heading for the exit at the moment when they are facing grave danger and so are we,” said Liz Cheney in ...
President Trump's surprise decision to rapidly withdraw all U.S. troops from Syria is meeting with intense criticism by foreign policy experts, who denounce it as ...
Syria's war has gutted the country's economy. But roadside extortion is still booming. Pro-government soldiers and militias as well as antiregime rebels exploit ...
At least Trump says he's not withdrawing troops from Iraq too.
The United Arab Emirates will reopen its embassy in Damascus seven years after withdrawing its diplomatic representation from Syria, the Emirati government ...
With or without an American pullout, Syria is now a Balkanized version of what existed before it plunged into a calamitous civil war in 2011.
It's the land where the Arab Spring collided with a dictatorship determined to stay in power. For decades, Syria's leaders imposed stability on the country's mix of ...
Interior ministry says it suspects Syrians seeking entry through borders with Mali and Niger belong to armed groups.
A Syrian family who fled the war torn country opened a new restaurday on the city's south side.
The team on board this Nato plane are seen as a crucial part of the fight against the group calling itself Islamic State.
The outlook is bleak for key countries including Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and Libya.
BEIRUT (AP) — Two days of fighting in rebel-held parts of northern Syria killed dozens of people as al-Qaida-linked militants press their offensive against ...
Mahmud and Ayyub, so traumatised they cannot remember their mother's name, face new dangers as US troops withdraw.
The Kentucky Republican lamented American participation in “forever” wars.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for an increase in efforts to establish peace in Syria after meeting his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on ...
Islamic State extremists have withdrawn from their last urban stronghold in Syria after weeks of intensifying clashes with Kurdish-led fighters that have splintered ...
Former presidential candidate and congressman Ron Paul supports President Trump's widely criticized decision to pull more than 2000 US troops from Syria, ...
'America First' may work as a political slogan, but in practice it has already caused needless disruption.
Moscow has mounted a “brutal and unrelenting” drive against the White Helmets, an international research group says in a new report.
Without U.S. soldiers as a buffer, the Kurds are now stuck between Turkey, Assad and ISIS.
After being stranded in an airport in Malaysia for seven months, a Syrian refugee became the face of the global migrant crisis. How did he end up in Canada?
Syria's oil production hub has long been under the control of the U.S.-backed SPF, but with the U.S. now planning to pull out the race is on to secure the area.
In an interview with NPR, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expanded on remarks by President Trump, who declared the U.S. had "won against ISIS" and would ...
Iran is asserting its dominance in Syria's post-war reconstruction drive, at a time when Gulf states are pushing for the reinstatement of diplomatic relations with ...
Outgoing Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has signed orders to pull all American troops out of Syria in the coming weeks, a senior defense official told Fox News on ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that she expects his country to react with “restraint and responsibility” following ...
Many women who fled Syria as refugees have found new homes in Germany. But with the cultural integration they face, it's not so simple.
U.S. President Donald Trump is not the first commander-in-chief to cut and run from the Middle East, in defiance of his own defence secretary's advice, just to ...
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RAQQA, Syria — This ruined, fearful city was once the Islamic State's capital, the showcase of its caliphate and a magnet for foreign fighters from around the ...
As new U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen prepares to assume his position on January 7, it is an opportune time to revisit the Syrian constitutional ...
Americans will no longer support Washington's incoherent Middle East adventurism.
Hundreds of unidentified bodies which seem to have been tortured have been found in a former Islamic State group stronghold, Syrian state media says.
An American woman who died while in Syrian government custody is believed by aid groups and activists to have been executed, spurring concern for other ...
So we're withdrawing troops from the Middle East. GOOD! What's the War on Terror death count by now, a half-million? How much have we spent, $5 trillion?
RICHMOND — State Sen. Richard H. Black (R-Loudoun), a staunch conservative and decorated Vietnam veteran who drew international attention for twice ...
After successful operations to retake territory, supported by its allies, the Syrian regime now governs over the vast majority of the country's population once again ...
Despite the U.S. decision to pull out of Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin will head into the new year facing challenges there and elsewhere.
DAMASCUS (Sputnik) - Russian servicemen have delivered two tonnes of humanitarian assistance to Yarmouk camp near Damascus, Eduard Titov, ...
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov and Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford discussed the situation ...