The Syrian presidency rejected on Sunday a Kurdish call for a decentralized state, warning against attempts at separatism or federalism by the minority group. “We reject clearly any attempt to impose a separatist reality or to create separate entities under the cover of federalism......

Saudi Arabia and Qatar announced on Sunday that they would settle Syria’s debt to the World Bank totaling roughly $15 million, according to a statement published by the Saudi Press Agency. Both Gulf states have played a key role in the diplomatic outreach to Syria’s new rulers since the...

Gaza’s civil defense agency said Israeli strikes on Sunday killed at least eight people, including a 17-year-old who died in an attack on a southern town. Israel resumed its military campaign in the Gaza Strip on March 18, as a ceasefire agreement that had largely halted the fighting for...

Hundreds of people filed past the tomb of Pope Francis from early on Sunday morning in the Roman basilica where he chose to be buried in a break from tradition. No pope had been laid to rest outside the Vatican in more than a century, but Francis opted instead for burial in Santa Maria...