The former Islamist rebels who run the new government are looking to convince a skeptical Trump administration ...

The new government has pledged to unify Syria after overthrowing the Assad dictatorship. One of its biggest challenges is ...

The official invitation extended by Iraq to new Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa to attend the upcoming Arab League summit in Baghdad has triggered sharp political divisions within Iraq ...

Four days of clashes between pro-government gunmen and members of a minority sect in Syria have left nearly 100 people dead ...

Yasser Arafat lied when he “accepted” the Oslo Accords. Mahmoud Abbas lied when he said he would end “Pay for Slay,” and the ...

Pro-Iranian militia leaders and politicians in Iraq have objected to a possible visit by Syria’s new transitional President ...

Iraq will ship 220,000 tons of wheat to Syria as "a gift", Syrian media said on Friday, citing the director of the General Organization for Grains, adding that the first batch has already arrived in ...

A Tunisian court on Friday handed down a 34-year prison sentence against former Prime Minister Ali Larayedh, a senior figure ...

The Kurdish-led force that runs northeast Syria has agreed to integrate into a new national army, but some of its supporters ...

Marlin Stutzman of Indiana has applauded Donald Trump’s tariffs. Few expected them to emerge as advocates for engagement with ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

The ISIL group once controlled vast swathes of Syria and Iraq – including Raqqa, about 160km (100 miles) east of Aleppo and Mosul, in northern Iraq – imposing hardline rule over millions of ...