The deal “was only really accepted in the end because Trump came along,” a former hostage negotiator told NBC News.

This will pause the fighting after 15 months of war and see the release of dozens of hostages held by the militants in the ...

Despite protest over Syria's more "Islamic" curriculum changes, there are parallel priorities, observers say. After 14 years of war, millions of children remain out of school, and schools need to be ...

America stands hours away from the second Trumpian era. But around the world, it feels like it has already begun.

The mother of American journalist Austin Tice, who was taken captive during a reporting trip to Syria in August 2012, arrived ...

Syria's new leadership has seized abandoned military housing lived in by former high-ranking Republican Guard soldiers who ...

Syria's new leadership has seized abandoned military housing previously occupied by former high-ranking soldiers who fled following the ouster of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. But questions ...

The incoming Trump administration wants regime change in Venezuela, where dictator Nicolás Maduro stole his election, jailed ...

Syria's new leadership, HTS, faces a conundrum over what do do with millions of civil servants, formerly employed by the ...

With an Israel-Hamas cease-fire set to begin, the shock waves from their war have reshaped the region in unexpected ways.

Tulsi Gabbard is trying to explain her past support for Edward Snowden, including her push to pardon the national security leaker, to a tough crowd: members of the Senate Intelligence Committee ...

Mansour, who founded the “January 25th Revolutionary Movement,” released several videos threatening Egypt’s president while promoting a widely shared hashtag: “Your Turn Is Coming, Dictator,” hinting ...