When Bashar al-Assad ruled Syria, the farmers of al-Nashabiyah, once a hotbed of opposition to then president, struggled to water their crops because army officers diverted rivers and canals to their own farms. The farmers hoped for some reprieve after Assad’s 24 years of autocratic rule...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday declined to answer reporters’ questions on whether the U.S. was planning to strike Iran or its nuclear facilities, and said the Iranians had reached out but he feels “it’s very late to be talking.” “There’s a big difference between now and a...

Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei said Wednesday the nation would never surrender as demanded by President Donald Trump and warned the United States it would face “irreparable damage” if it intervenes in support of its ally. The speech came six days into the conflict, with Trump...

Israel’s military said Wednesday it struck an Iranian centrifuge production facility and multiple weapons manufacturing sites, in the latest round of strikes between the archfoes. “More than 50 Israeli Air Force fighter jets... carried out a series of air strikes in the Tehran area over...