American officials are wary as they try to persuade the rebels now in control in Syria to govern with an inclusive and ...

"Our problem is not with Israel. We don't want to meddle in anything that will threaten Israel's security," Damascus Governor ...

The potential for mass deportations and travel restrictions has spurred more than a dozen U.S. universities to tell ...

Syria's reconstruction and emergence from isolation depends on rolling back a thicket of sanctions that were five decades in ...

Syria has faced sanctions for decades, a situation that began long before the 2011 Arab Spring protests. Reconstruction ...

It was a year of wars, election surprises, royal health scares and the reign of new queens. Within this maelstrom, one ...

In these difficult times, the voice of the late Palestinian-American scholar, Edward Said is ever present, “Writing is the ...

Voters’ choices in what was a record year for national elections will likely have the biggest impact on global prosperity in ...

If a government falls in the world, but Congress isn't around to hear it, did it really fall? Apparently not. The military ...

The assault killed at least four people and injured 21 others, the state news agency in Yemen reported. The strikes came ...

The former prime minister of India, Manmohan Singh, has died at the age of 92. He was the country's first Sikh prime minister ...

A number of universities in the United States have advised international students to return early from winter break ahead of ...