Tens of thousands of U.S. troops are within Iran’s striking distance should Iran decide to retaliate after President Trump ordered the bombing of three Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday. More than ...

Picture: AFP It has all rapidly become part of the routine of daily life. Still, things have changed. It’s wartime, emergency routine. The streets in the town centre are not entirely deserted but ...

U.S. forces already have a large presence in the Middle East. Now, more ships and aircraft are on their way as tensions with ...

UN High Commissioner for Refugees marks World Refugee Day meeting Syrians going home, but warns that returns will prove short-lived without increased international assistance.

U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi says that more than two million Syrian refugees and internally displaced ...

In the days and weeks leading up to the attack, Iranian leaders had repeatedly warned of reprisal were a strike to occur.

Landmines and improvised explosive devices, the remnants of war, remain a danger long after fighting is over. It’s a sad ...

NEWS ANALYSIS. The country's restored unity, fractured by autonomy demands, will depend on the success of the process, with a ...

Fears are mounting that Islamic State fighters are regrouping in Syria and Iraq, exploiting security gaps to revive ...

"They sat there with their guns pointing at the road, treating us ... Syria's public. Back at the abandoned base, Iran's military expansion was still under way even in the last days. Next to the ...

HTS holds territory from Aleppo in the ... bargaining could be the US base at al-Tanf in Syria's southern desert. Controlled by the US-allied, anti-ISIS Syrian Free Army group, the base is ...