(The New York Times)- From the end of the Cold War until 2010, Syria, led first by President Hafez al-Assad and then by his son Bashar, had a uniquely flexible geopolitical position in the Arab world: Syria was an avowed enemy of Israel but directly negotiated with it. Syria claimed to be the...

(Newsweek)- Russia’s two new cruise missile-armed submarines have entered the Mediterranean Sea, amid state media reports they could be used in Moscow’s operation in Syria. The two diesel-powered vessels are officially passing Mediterranean waters only on their way from the Baltic...

The cholera epidemic that has ravaged war-torn Yemen has been declining for the past two months because of an unprecedented response by "unsung local heroes," the United Nations said Tuesday. A UNICEF statement said that because of the efforts of thousands of local volunteers backed up...

Thousands of Muslims have been killed over the last three days in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state, the European Rohingya Council said on Monday. Council spokeswoman Anita Schug told Anadolu Agency between 2,000-to-3,000 Muslims had died in Rakhine state, and thousands other had been...