President Trump has chosen Michael Ellis as deputy CIA director, and Joe Kent to oversee counterterrorism intelligence.

Syria’s new leader Ahmad Al Shara is planning changes to the rebel-installed government for a more streamlined transition ...

While Hezbollah's influence in Lebanon has been significantly weakened, short of a new regional dynamic Israel will have no choice but to maintain its truce enforcement operations there, observers tel ...

Either maintaining Russia’s military bases in Syria or finding an alternative outpost in the Mediterranean will prove ...

Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. intelligence community, focused critical attention on the ...

In Arabic, Assad means “lion,” although that wasn’t his real name. Hafez, Bashar’s father, had adopted it to look strong. Hasan was born in the northeastern Syrian city of Manbij, 18 years before the ...

Syria’s new interim leader, meeting on Tuesday with the president of Turkey, thanked him for backing the rebel forces that ...

Ahmed al-Sharaa and Recept Tayyip Erdogan are likely to discuss a joint defence pact when they meet in Ankara later today, ...

The discussions in Ankara will include establishing Turkish airbases in central Syria and training for Syria's new army.

The families of hostages freed from Gaza over the weekend described difficult conditions — including rarely seeing the sun — ...

Analysis: Unifying a fragmented landscape of armed factions into a cohesive national army is one of the most complex challenges facing Syria's new authorities.