The British government on Tuesday removed “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” (HTS), the group which spearheaded the Syrian opposition alliance that helped oust president Bashar al-Assad, from its list of banned terrorist organizations. HTS, a former al-Qaeda affiliate, was proscribed in 2017,...

An official document issued by the Syrian Army Command in 1982 revealed an order to carry out a mass execution by firing squad and hanging for 21military personnel and civilians held in Tadmur (Palmyra) prison, after they were convicted of "membership in the armed wing of the Muslim...

The Israeli military launched an attack on Gaza on Sunday, Israeli media reported, dimming hopes that a week-old US-mediated ceasefire would lead to lasting peace in the enclave as Israel traded blame with Palestinian militant group Hamas. An Israeli military official said on Sunday that...

There was no mistaking the reek of death that rose along the Syrian desert highway four nights a week for nearly two years. It was the smell of thousands of bodies being trucked from one mass grave to another, secret location. Drivers were forbidden to leave their cabs. Mechanics and...