The scale of assassinations and arrests in southern Daraa province has hiked since December amid ongoing security chaos that has increased since the Russian-brokered settlement between the Syrian regime and opposition factions in July 2018. A report by the Ahrar Horan Group, local...

(AP) — Usually it's a president's first midterm election that reorders a White House's political approach and priorities. For President-elect Joe Biden, his most defining congressional election is coming before he takes office. Two runoffs Tuesday in Georgia will decide which party...

(AP) — Iran plans to enrich uranium up to 20% at its underground Fordo nuclear facility, international inspectors said Saturday, pushing its program a technical step away from weapons-grade levels as it increases pressure on the West over its tattered atomic deal. The International Atomic...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's military on Saturday said explosives experts with its naval forces successfully dismantled a mine that was discovered stuck to an oil tanker in the Arab Gulf two days earlier. The statement said Iraqi authorities have opened an investigation into the incident. No...