Syria’s new defense minister said on Sunday it would not be right for US-backed Kurdish fighters based in the country’s northeast to retain their own bloc within the broader integrated Syrian armed forces. Speaking to Reuters at the Defense Ministry in Damascus, Murhaf Abu Qasra said the...

What has been happening in the Gaza Strip is a genocide that is a part of Western imperialism, according to a Black British academic and author who specializes in Black studies. In the face of decades-long Israeli occupation and oppression, the Palestine issue has long been embraced by Black...

A ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement took effect at 11.15 a.m. local time (0915GMT) on Sunday after a few hours delay. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office confirmed that the first phase of the ceasefire came into force Sunday at 0915 GMT. The ceasefire was originally...

Scores of trucks loaded with humanitarian aid are set to enter the Gaza Strip on Sunday as a ceasefire deal came into force, a Palestinian official said. “Scores of aid trucks have arrived from the Egyptian side to the Karam Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing,” the official told Anadolu....