Some 700 Syrian refugees have been displaced from a settlement in the Baalbeck town of Deir al-Ahmar since the imposition Wednesday of severe restrictions on their movements, amid calls for their forcible removal.

Abu Mohammed lives his life in lists: he lists the places in Syria to which his family has been forcibly displaced. He lists the different reasons for each displacement. He lists the number of Muslim holidays he’s spent away from home. “When we were in our houses we had our rituals and...

A Russian fighter jet made a dangerous high-speed pass that put a U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft at risk during an intercept over the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday, the U.S. Sixth Fleet said, but Moscow said its pilot had behaved responsibly. “While the Russian aircraft was operating in...

Syria's Kurds said two American women and six children from families of suspected Islamic State group members were repatriated to the United States on Wednesday from a crowded camp in northeast Syria. The transfer was carried out "at the request of the US government and based... on the free...