A string of Syrian rebel-held towns and villages accepted government rule Saturday as rebel lines collapsed in parts of the southwest under an intense bombardment that the United Nations says has forced 160,000 people to flee. The southwest was an early hotbed of the uprising against...

President Donald Trump wants to withdraw the U.S. from the World Trade Organization (WTO), according to a report on Friday, which could push the country further into isolationism and greatly hurt global trade. "He’s [threatened to withdraw] 100 times. It would totally [screw] us as a...

Lebanon's Hezbollah-run Al-Manar television reported Friday that the Syrian army had seized a hill overlooking the road connecting eastern and western parts of Deraa province, where it is engaged in a major offensive against rebels. Capturing the hill means rebels could no longer safely use...

 The French cement giant Lafarge was charged on Thursday with complicity in crimes against humanity and financing terrorists, for allegedly paying millions to jihadists, including the Islamic State group, to keep a factory open in war-torn Syria. The company, whose Syrian...