A decade since the start of the popular uprising, the Syrian lira is in an unprecedented freefall after years of armed conflict, an economic crisis in neighboring Lebanon, deep-seated corruption and cronyism, and Western economic sanctions targeting Syrian government officials as well as...

Russia is amassing unprecedented military might in the Arctic and testing its newest weapons in a region freshly ice-free due to the climate emergency, in a bid to secure its northern coast and open up a key shipping route from Asia to Europe. Weapons experts and Western officials have...

The bodies of three sisters missing in Lebanon have washed up on a Syrian beach and a probe is underway to determine how they drowned, a Lebanese security official said Sunday. The sisters went missing from a village in northern Lebanon on Monday, said the official, adding that Syrian...

 The half-brother of Jordan's King Abdullah II was asked to “stop some movements and activities that are being used to target Jordan's security and stability,” the country's top general said Saturday amid the arrest of former senior officials close to the ruling monarchy. The...