Either Al-Sharaa is sincere in his reform efforts but does not have control over hardliners in his own organization, or ...

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Under the guise of combating antisemitism, the White House is seeking to curtail free speech on college campuses.

Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa was born in October 1982 in Saudi Arabia, where he spent the first seven years of his life. In a rare ...

President Donald Trump has unleashed America’s military might in the Middle East, attacking the Houthi rebels in Yemen and ...

Public transportation is shut down in the Serbian capital of Belgrade as tens of thousands of protesters converge to oppose ...

President Donald Trump of the United States announced the death of one of the leaders of the Islamic State in Iraq. Iraqi ...

US Central Command carried out an airstrike that killed Abdallah Makki Muslih al Rifai, also known as Abu Khadijah. Rifai was ...

Islam remains the religion of the head of state, Arabic is the sole official language and the constitutional declaration offers no guarantees or protections for Syria’s minorities.

Rifai, also known as "Abu Khadijah," was killed in the strike along with another operative from the group, officials said.

American and Iraqi military forces killed a senior Islamic State leader using an airstrike, U.S. Central Command confirmed in ...