A woman who was taken to Syria as a teenager was convicted Tuesday of charges that she trained with the Islamic State terror group. The woman, Halima Salman, a U.S.

Jordan has conducted multiple air attacks on Syria since 2023, saying it was targeting drug and arms smugglers. The operations have sometimes hit civilians. Human Rights Watch demanded accountability after Jordan launched attacks that killed women and children in January 2024.

BEIRUT — The move by the United States to lift sweeping sanctions on Syria could encourage more refugees to return to their country and also help encourage investments, the head of the U.N. refugee agency in Lebanon said Thursday. The U.S. Senate voted ...

Halima Salman, a former Brooklyn resident and U.S. citizen, was convicted in federal court of receiving ISIS military-style training in Syria.

Syria has reached an agreement with Oman’s SalamAir to begin operating flights to the country on Wednesday, at a frequency of two

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Southern Syria is particularly complex for several reasons. One reason is the continued Israeli raids along the border.

Israeli activities in southern Syria have evolved into military expansion, with the establishment of nine bases and seven military sites documented, more than 3,360 ground operations carried out, and 310 people arrested.