Standing on a podium on Saturday to take an oath of office, Bashar al-Assad declared himself the only man who could rebuild Syria. His first foreign guest, China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, seemed to enhance his claim, endorsing the president’s win in a May poll described by...

Millions of civilians fleeing attacks from the Bashar Assad regime and its supporters have taken shelter in camps in Idlib, northern Syria, as they mark another Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha under difficult conditions, far from their homes. Mustafa Emin had to flee from the southern...

(Bild) Essen - He has a dizzying job: Muohsien Alhamada (32) repairs and maintains wind turbines. In 2015 the farmer fled Syria. He found a new home in the Ruhr area and wants to aim high in the future! For safety reasons, wind turbines are only climbed in a team....

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — At least three rockets hit near the presidential palace on Tuesday shortly before Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was to give an address to mark the major Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. There were no injuries and the rockets landed outside the heavily fortified...