Syria was for centuries a meeting place for disparate civilizations and cultures, turning it into one of the most ethnically ...

Terrorist attack? The Russian operator of the Ursa Major cargo ship, which sank in the Mediterranean Sea on Dec. 23, said the incident was a "terrorist ...

Fico in Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico in Moscow to discuss energy, bilateral relations and ...

Theodore Roosevelt became the first sitting U.S. president to make a diplomatic visit outside the continental United States, sailing to ...

Bashar Assad’s ouster in Syria will likely have far-reaching consequences for close ally Russia, extending even into its ...

The new Syria. Syria’s new leaders will not allow their territory to be used for attacks against Israel, and so Israeli ...

By Andrew Davidson Bashar Assad’s abrupt flight from Syria left behind a power vacuum. The rebels who overthrew him are hard ...

Staying put. Israeli forces will remain in the formerly demilitarized buffer zone in the Golan Heights, including Mount ...

Panama and Costa Rica lay along one of the most important transit routes for American migrants, the majority of whom are fleeing the ...

The fall of the Syrian regime degraded Iran’s position in the country and, in doing so, has made Syria a battleground for the ...

Poland has seen its economy grow and its military expand. With Donald Trump returning to the White House next month and the former president having made his feelings about European security ...

Syria’s civil war, which began in 2011, displaced more than 13 million people, including nearly 5 million who fled abroad.