Turkey is withdrawing troops from a military post in northwest Syria that was surrounded by Syrian government forces last year, but is consolidating its presence elsewhere in the region, sources familiar with the operation said on Monday. The observation post at Morek was one of a dozen set...

More than 42 former leaders of armed opposition factions have been killed in Daraa, since the “settlement” agreement that led to the regime regaining control over the region in August 2018. The Daraa Martyrs Documentation Office (DMDO) said that since regime forces took control, around...

A condensed version of the Champions League group stage finally gets under way Tuesday, with COVID-19-related disruptions an ever-present threat hanging over the competition. The 32-team contest will start one month later than usual, a knock-on effect of the pandemic interrupting last...

Hasanain Alminshid had received death threats for his human rights activism for years, but ignored most of them. After his mentor was gunned down outside a police station, he finally made the difficult choice to flee Iraq. “It’s too dangerous now. There have been killings in the open in...