Western governments are "quietly optimistic" about the sudden transition in Syria, but the militant past of its new Islamist ...

The Biden and Trump national security teams have come to an understanding that they have no choice but to work together as ...

The Syrian civil war grew out of pro-democracy protests and raged for 14 years. A humanitarian crisis brought Syrian refugees to Louisville, some of whom now wishing and hoping for clues to the ...

President-elect Donald Trump's top spy picks appear to be enjoying an increasingly receptive Senate GOP, as they make the rounds huddling with senators in a bid to shore up support for their ...

U.N. peacekeepers' "freedom of movement is severely constrained in the current context," a U.N. official told Newsweek.

Syrian rebels have desecrated the tomb of ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad’s father, former Syrian President Hafez al Assad.

“I saw him and said my goodbyes,” he said. His gaze lingered on the blackened body of Sami Chaeeb, whose teeth were bared and whose eye sockets were empty. It looked as if he had died screaming. “He ...

Assad’s government has lost the support of its people, and, therefore, "fell faster than expected," Syria’s new transitional Prime Minister Mohammed al-Bashir said ...

Golani, the militant leader whose insurgency toppled Syria’s President Bashar Assad, visited a mosque he used to attend in the suburbs of Damascus on Monday, praising the efforts of his fighters.

Republican Representative Nancy Mace called the police on a transgender activist for physically attacking her. But eyewitnesses say that’s nowhere close to what happened.

Assad, was driven from power and the country, NBC News' Richard Engel got an inside look at the palace where Assad lived in luxury.

Rebel groups who took over the country during the sudden collapse of the Assad regime emptied Syria's prisons, renewing hope that Americans who have been held hostage there might return home.