When the United States, the European Union and the United Nations imposed sanctions on Syria in the first year of its civil war in 2011, they were intended to financially squeeze the government of Bashar al-Assad. But Lebanon was also caught in the crosshairs, pressured to curb Syria's...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Pro- Syrian regime militants have taken dozens of houses in the city of Douma northeast of the capital, claiming the owners do not have title deeds or legal documents constituting evidence of ownership, local news site said Sunday. The move comes as the Syrian regime...

Israeli lawmakers got the backing Sunday of parliament's legal adviser to debate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's immunity request, but the speaker may yet stand in the way. Netanyahu has been charged in three separate corruption cases and his immunity request had been expected to delay...

The Trump administration tried to amplify voices of dissent in Iran Sunday by suggesting that the Islamic Republic is under internal threat after denying and then admitting it shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said street protests in Tehran show that the...