(Foreign Policy)- Late last week, President-elect Donald Trump explained for the first time since his election victory his position on the crisis in Syria. In his remarks, he laid out his determination to ramp up the fight against the Islamic State and to cease support to those fighting...

(The Daily Star)- The General Security Thursday arrested a Lebanese man accused of links to militant groups. In a statement, the General Security identified the militant suspect by the initials Aa. M., saying he confessed to working with others in providing arms to an unnamed militant group....

Out of five charges leveled against Egypt’s first freely elected president by Egypt’s post-coup government, one ruling has been overturned, one upheld, two are currently under appeal, and one is awaiting a verdict.  On Tuesday, Egypt’s highest appellate court overturned a death...

(Time)- Russia announced a major new air offensive in Syria on Tuesday as opposition activists on the ground reported that the first airstrikes in nearly a month struck the besieged, rebel-held parts of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. According to activists, between four and 10 people...