Mr Sharaa’s drive for integration is not unprecedented. Bosnia granted citizenship to hundreds of jihadists who fought for it ...

President Joe Biden's record of handling the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, is decidedly mixed.

European Union foreign ministers have agreed to begin lifting sanctions on Syria, but insist that the measures should be ...

Assad’s final ouster appeared abrupt, it had its roots in Syria’s 2011 antigovernment protests, and Syrians will now face ...

For more than a decade, Mr. al-Assad remained in power, employing vicious means to do so while enjoying an obscene amount of ...

The December collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria was stunning. Not only did it mark the end of the Assad family’s ...

The European Union may soon suspend sanctions on Syria related to energy and transport but has yet to agree on whether to ...

The late Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner mercenary force has been accused of plotting attacks against Western ...

Officers say the move aims to instil a sense of morality as they race to fill a security vacuum after dismantling ousted ...

Secluded in his stronghold in southern Afghanistan, reclusive Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is the cornerstone ...

Mohammed al-Ghabra is still sanctioned in Britain and America but has never been convicted of any offence and always denied ...