Federal government faces shutdown after stop-gap funding bill fails in the House, fighting rages in eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, Syria forming a new government after fall of Assad regime.

Syria's new rulers are forming a government after more than half a century of dictatorship under former leader Bashar al-Assad and his father.

Greenfield, the outgoing U.S. ambassador to the U.N., about her career in foreign service and American diplomacy.

In just over a week, Syrian rebel forces seized much of Syria’s northwest. First, the rebels captured Syria’s largest city, ...

Syria's new leader is saying that he will dissolve the many rebel factions there and absorb them into the new ministry of defense. That new leader is Ahmed al-Sharaa. And if he can achieve unity, ...

Syria's military said it had carried out a "temporary troop withdrawal" in Aleppo to prepare for a counteroffensive against "terrorists". And it admitted insurgents had entered large parts of the ...

As horrific details emerge from Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad's jails, many question the man who once claimed to champion their cause.

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