By Samantha Schmidt ( The Washington Post )- For a few fleeting moments, scores of people worldwide knew the face and name of the young Syrian boy in the ambulance. They saw the gut-wrenching scene in Aleppo last August captured in a photograph and video that quickly circulated on...

A military alliance fighting in support of President Bashar al-Assad threatened on Wednesday to hit U.S. positions in Syria, warning its "self-restraint" over U.S. air strikes would end if Washington crossed "red lines". The threat marks an escalation of tensions between the United States...

Germany's cabinet Wednesday backed the withdrawal of troops from the Incirlik air base in southern Turkey, the German defense minister said, following Ankara's refusal to allow German lawmakers access to its soldiers there. Germany plans to move the 280 German soldiers to an air base in...

The U.S.-led coalition battling ISIS waged a fresh strike on Tuesday against forces supporting the Syrian regime that it said threatened U.S. and partnered forces based in southern Syria, in the latest sign of growing tension there. "Despite previous warnings, pro-regime forces entered the...