Walking through Aleppo in Syria last month, Bashar al-Assad did not look like a man shouldering the fate of a nation. As he posed for photos with locals, who queued to meet him inspecting damage from the earthquake that had devastated parts of northern Syria, Assad appeared to show as...

Children of foreign jihadists play football on a dirt field at a center in northeastern Syria that Kurdish authorities hope will help rehabilitate minors raised on Daesh group ideology. More than 50 boys aged 11-17, some with parents hailing from Britain, France, Germany or the United...

The White Helmets rescue agency announced the start of the phase of removing rubble on a geographical scale that includes all the affected cities and towns in northwestern Syria, as part of the comprehensive response plan to the devastating earthquake that struck the region on February 6 and...

The latest Russian missile barrage against Ukraine's civilian infrastructure has marked one of the largest such attacks in months. On Thursday, Russia fired over 80 missiles in a massive effort to overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses and cripple the country’s energy system. Russia has been...