Even as it pounds Ukraine, Russia is expanding its military footprint in Africa, delivering sophisticated weaponry to ...

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Geoff Bennett: Welcome to the "News Hour." Day two of President Trump's tour of the Middle East brought with it the prospect of a new future for Syria. Today, in Saudi Arabia, a landmark meeting ...

President Trump met Wednesday in Saudi Arabia with Syria's interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, highlighting the stunning reversal in fortunes for a former Islamist militant with ties to al Qaeda ...

Syria's new president has reportedly said he is open to a Trump Tower rising in Damascus. "In Syria, which has seen so much misery and death, there is a new government that will hopefully succeed ...

Instability in Syria could pose security risks for Europe, according to a draft internal EU counter-terrorism document seen by Reuters warning that the overall terror threat level remains high.

The Trump administration has warned that the continent must look after its own security ... Turkey is also an influential actor in neighboring Syria as rebel groups it supported during the civil war ...

Washington is facing a moment of rare strategic clarity in Syria, a country long synonymous with unending war and geopolitical entanglement. A fragile interim government in Syria is struggling for ...

The UN Special Envoy for Syria has condemned the repeated and intensifying military ... security and development on the continent. During a discussion with the Panel, the Head of the UN Mission in ...

Syria, Jordan, and the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza. Its shared border with Egypt marks the only instance of Israel directly bordering an African nation. Asia, the world’s largest ...