Former Syrian rebel commander Omar Melhem has nearly come full circle. He was a colonel in the Syrian regime army when the uprising against Bashar Assad began in 2011. He defected a year later and joined the armed revolt against the Syrian leader. Then, when Assad’s forces marched...

President Donald Trump has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to Washington this fall for another round of summit talks.  White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said on Twitter that Trump agreed with Putin "to ongoing working level dialogue" between the U.S. and Russian...

Britain's banks and insurers must plan for a "hard" Brexit in case a transition period is not in place next March, a senior British regulator said Thursday. "With eight months until we exit the European Union in March 2019, it is important we all - regulators and industry - continue to...

The Syrian regime news agency SANA said Thursday there are reports that rebels had agreed a surrender deal in the southwestern province of Qunaitra at the frontier with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Reuters could not independently confirm the report. If verified, the move...