Middle East latest: Hamas says it will free a US-Israeli hostage to keep ceasefire talks rolling
The Palestinian militant group said in a statement Friday it has accepted a new proposal by mediators of the Israel-Hamas ...
Druze religious elders from Syria make historic visit to Israel
A delegation of Druze religious elders from Syria crossed into Israel on Friday for the first such visit in more than 50 years, underscoring Israel's backing for the community amid growing tensions ...
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Illinois votes on a new state flag design -- and chooses the current one
The Illinois state flag is sometimes derided as an “SOB” — a state “Seal on a Bedsheet.” The white banner emblazoned with the state's eagle-themed emblem was adopted in 1915, ...
Syria's Four Wars Explained 14 Years On
Fourteen years after Syria's civil war began, the nation's new Islamist government faces sectarian conflict on four fronts.
Human rights investigators race to document Syria killings on social media
Hundreds of people have been killed amid armed clashes in Syria, with many of those deaths filmed and published on the ...
Syria flashes signs of peril and promise in a week of violence and diplomacy
After Syria’s longtime autocratic ruler was toppled late last year, the man who led rebel groups to victory immediately faced ...
Is Syria’s new leadership pragmatic or a wolf in sheep’s clothing? | Opinion
Whether Syria’s new leadership is truly seeking reconciliation — or consolidating power under a new flag — will determine ...
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The Ugly Reality on the Ground in Syria
Caution is warranted as regime elements appear to participate in ethnic cleansing.
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Syria, fear returns to cross the Arab GrandRiver
Just like in 2011, thousands of Syrians, in this case Alawites, wade through the river that serves as a border with Lebanon to escape the persecution by the allied forces of the new government. The ...
US Military's Syria Mission 'Unchanged' as Allies Join Islamist Government
"The American role was a positive role and in the interest of Syria and the Syrians," an SDF political wing adviser told ...
The last good days in Syria before a new nightmare began
When I interviewed Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Damascus on Feb. 27, neither one of us knew ...
Syria's Druze seek a place in a changing nation, navigating pressures from the government and Israel
Members of the small religious sect find themselves caught between two forces that many of them distrust: the new, ...