Paris (AFP) – Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Wednesday meets France's Emmanuel Macron in Paris on his first visit to Europe since overthrowing longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. The visit comes with Syria's new authorities, who have roots in the Al-Qaeda jihadist network, under pressure...

Druze residents near Syria’s capital are resisting a demand by the government to hand in their light weapons, saying authorities have yet to address fears of new attacks by militants after days of sectarian violence. Clashes last week pitted fighters against armed Druze residents of the...

Yemen’s Houthis said the United States and Israel struck the port of Hodeida on Monday, hours after a reported US air raid on Sanaa and a day after the Iran-backed militia targeted Israel’s main airport. The Houthi-run al-Masirah television said that “US-Israeli aggression targets...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in comments broadcast on Sunday said that the need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine had not arisen, and that he hoped it would not arise. In a fragment of an upcoming interview with Russian state television published on Telegram, Putin said that Russia...