President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria during an unannounced visit to Iraq, saying that many people are going to start seeing things the same way he does. Trump abruptly made the decision on Syria last week, against the advice of top...

 Two civilian planes in Lebanese airspace “narrowly avoide catastrophe” from Israeli warplanes, caretaker Transport Minister Youssef Fenianos said Wednesday. Fenianos said the warplanes were flying in Lebanese airspace “during [Israel’s] assault on southern Damascus”...

Syrian state-run  media are reporting that air defenses are repelling a missile attack near the capital of Damascus. State TV gave no further details Tuesday and did not say who was behind the barrage. The attack is the first since a missile assault on the southern outskirts of...

 Head of Al-Ekhlas hospital in northern Idlib province has appealed to humanitarian and aid organizations to provide funds to the charity hospital that provides health care and treatment for 75,000 people in the opposition-held territory. Dr. Zuhair Qarrat said that the...