U.S. President Donald Trump has given a stunning reply when asked why he was not concerned by Russia, Iran and China's annual ...

Syria’s President Ahmed Sharaa said mass killings of members of ousted president Bashar al-Assad’s minority sect were a ...

The violence has pitted the Islamist-led government's security forces against fighters from Assad's Alawite minority. The ...

The sect has its roots in Shia Islam. The word Alawite means “follower of Ali,” the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet ...

The Trump administration ended a waiver that allowed the Iraqi government to buy Iranian electricity as part of its "maximum ...

Syria's interim President Ahmed Sharaa said mass killings of members of ousted President Bashar al-Assad's minority sect were ...

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The days-long conflict has been among Syria's deadliest in a decade. Nearly 1,000 civilians have been killed, including women and children, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Fighting erupted on Thursday between Syria's new security forces and loyalists of the former government of toppled president ...

Defence Ministry spokesman says security threats have been neutralised in al-Assad strongholds of Latakia and Tartous.

Tehran has once again said that it has not received a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump, days after he claimed to have ...

Syria has suffered its worst bloodshed since Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power, with more than 1,000 people reported ...