From the Middle East, we verified footage of the deadly fire in Kut, Iraq, which is now known to have killed at least 61 ...

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The directly visible indicator of the devastation was the collapse of the local currency (from 47 Syrian pounds per US dollar in 2010 to 14,800 by the end of 2024), as growing budget deficits were ...

Members of Syria's Druze community are searching for loved ones and counting their dead after days of clashes in a southern ...

After five days of hunkering down at his home in the southern city of Sweida, 33-year-old Hossam emerged on Thursday and ...

Israel launched rare strikes in Damascus on Wednesday in a campaign it said was aimed at defending the Druze community after ...

For weeks, Israel has engaged in back-channel talks over a diplomatic agreement with the Syrian government. Its strikes on Damascus this week highlight a lack of strategic clarity.