United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Thursday that "more than military spending" is needed to combat terrorism, after U.S. President Donald Trump proposed an extra $54 billion in military spending in 2018. "There is also a need to address the underlying drivers of...

 Sixteen lawyers were among the dozens killed in a suicide attack that struck the main judicial building in the capital Damascus, the head of Syria's Bar Association said Thursday. Meanwhile, blood stains and damage from the attack a day earlier were swiftly removed as people returned to...

When the dialysis center in the Syrian rebel town of Douma ran out of supplies last month, three people died. "Soon after, a convoy with 250 dialysis sessions arrived, so the rest made it," said Abou Bassel, a surgeon in the local hospital. "The same thing happened last year."...

A top adviser to US President Donald Trump met Israeli settler leaders Thursday in an unusual move likely to raise fresh concerns over future prospects for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The US embassy confirmed the talks between Jason Greenblatt and leaders of the...