Turkey is threatening to invade Syria to eradicate Kurdish fighters. Syrian forces are rolling toward territory the Americans will soon abandon. Israel is bombing Iran-backed militias deep inside Syria. And Russia could soon move to crush the last vestige of the Syrian anti-government...

Heavy rainfall on Thursday caused severe flooding in rural areas of northern Syria, destroying tents at 11 refugee camps and leaving tens of thousands of people to face the winter without shelter. According to Anadolu Agency , the flood has left an estimated 25,000 refugees searching...

 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”...

They lurk under shifting desert sands, amid the debris of urban roadsides and inside abandoned schools, some set to go off at the lightest touch. Land mines scattered by Yemen's Houthi rebels are largely unmapped and will remain a threat even if the latest push for peace succeeds in...