Syrian security officers at their graduation ceremony in Damascus in February.Credit...David Guttenfelder/The New York Times Supported by By Raja Abdulrahim Reporting from Aleppo, Idlib and Damascus, ...

Dec 14 (Reuters) - Syria has arrested five people suspected of having links to the shooting of U.S. and Syrian troops in the central Syrian town of Palmyra on Saturday, the Interior Ministry said on ...

President Donald Trump sent a strong message to those accused of killing two U.S. Army soldiers and an American interpreter in Syria Saturday, noting the U.S. will retaliate against ISIS if forces are ...

The country certainly still faces many challenges. But some things are now going right there — and those are worth our attention, too. By Katrin Bennhold I’m the host of The World. By Raja Abdulrahim ...

Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa has accused Israel of exporting crises to other countries and “fighting ghosts,” amid persistent incursions and air strikes by Israeli forces into southern Syria.

The U.S. military said it has destroyed 15 sites containing Islamic State weapons caches in southern Syria. U.S. Central Command said it and Syrian forces identified and destroyed the storage ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a deal with Syria was possible if the two sides could negotiate in "a good spirit." It followed U.S. President Donald Trump's warning to Israel not to ...

JOHNSTON, Iowa -- (Iowa State Capital Bureau) -- The five Iowa National Guard soldiers ambushed Saturday in Syria were among an estimated 250 serving in that country, Iowa Army National Guard Major ...

President Donald Trump issued a new warning to Israel on Monday, urging its government to avoid actions that could disrupt Syria’s political transition. In a social media post, Trump said his ...

NAPLES, Italy — American military forces working alongside their Syrian counterparts last week discovered and destroyed multiple Islamic State militant weapons caches in southern Syria, according to U ...

TEL AVIV—Israel’s aggressive posture toward the new government in Syria has emerged as a rare point of disagreement with Washington, where President Trump wants a quick resolution to the two countries ...

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