Syria’s new rulers are combing through the billion-dollar corporate empires of ousted president Bashar al-Assad’s allies, and have held talks with some of these tycoons, in what they say is a campaign to root out corruption and illegal activity. After seizing power in December, the...

Hamas spokesman Abdul Latif al-Qanou says the group wants to prevent the Gaza ceasefire agreement from falling through. “We are not concerned with the collapse of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, and we are eager to implement it and oblige the occupation to fully implement...

United States President Donald Trump has signalled a major shift in three years of US policy towards Kyiv, saying that he and Russian leader Vladimir Putin had spoken by phone and agreed to begin negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine. Trump said he spent more than an hour on the...

Syria will have a new government next month, Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said on Wednesday, with interim authorities having ruled the country after the overthrown of Bashar al-Assad. “The government that will be launched March 1 will represent the Syrian people as much as possible...