Middle East

U.S. Secretary Antony J. Blinken speaks to the press as he leaves Aqaba, Jordan, December 12, 2024. Photo: U.S. Department...

Islamist Interim Syrian Prime Minister Muhammed al-Bashir, appointed by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), formerly known as al-Nusra...

Saudi Arabia fans. Photo: Creative Commons/pixbay Morocco, Spain, and Portugal to Host 2030 World Cup ZURICH,— FIFA has officially named...

Islamic State ISIS group militants. 2015. Photo: IS media/iKurd.net HOMS,— A Syria war monitor reported that Islamic State (IS) militants...

Jon Finer, U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor, December 7 2023. Photo: CC/Aspen Security Forum WASHINGTON,— U.S. forces will stay in...

Israel strikes military airports in Syria, December 9, 2024. Photo: AFP DAMASCUS,— Israel launched over 100 airstrikes across Syria in...

Syria’s Islamist rebel leader, Abu Mohammed al-Golani, who now goes by his real name, Ahmed al-Sharaa (right), met with outgoing...

A pro-Kurd demonstrators wear an Israeli and Iraqi Kurdistan flags during a demo in Europe 2017. Photo: Creative Commons/Wikipedia Nemat...

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, October 27, 2023. Photo: Creative commons/Gage Skidmore/ WASHINGTON,— U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham raised serious concerns on...

Then-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with his wife, Asma Assad, in Moscow, Russia, on January 27, 2005. Photo: Creative Commons/Wikimedia. MOSCOW,—...