WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- A ceasefire set to take effect in southwest Syria on Sunday is a US priority and an important step toward eventual peace throughout the war-torn country, President Donald...

HAMBURG, GERMANY, Andrew Beatty and Hui Min Neo- US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin shook hands as they met for the first time Friday at a G20 summit marred by violent...

CAIRO, EGYPT- Twenty-six Egyptian soldiers were killed or wounded on Friday in attacks on checkpoints in the Sinai Peninsula where the Islamic State group is conducting an insurgency, the military...

MOSUL, IRAQ, Emmanuel Duparcq- Iraqi forces battled the last Islamic State group holdouts in Mosul on Wednesday, a day after the country's premier feted the "major victory" over the jihadists in the...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- Rights groups on Wednesday called for an independent investigation into the deaths of four Syrians arrested after Lebanese army raids last week on a refugee camp in the country's...

The people that disappeared during Lebanon’s civil war have haunted the country for years. But what have the authorities done to help? Sawssan Abou-Zahr explores the cruel reality for families that...

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday appointed a French judge to lead an international panel tasked with gathering evidence of war crimes in Syria's six-year...

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Carlos Hamann- US-backed forces in Syria have entered the most heavily fortified area of Raqa, the de facto capital of the Islamic State group, in what a US official says...

ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN- A fifth round of talks on ending the six-year Syrian conflict began in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, focused on shoring up a plan for safe zones in the war-torn country. Russian news...