After the ouster of Syria's longtime leader Bashar al-Assad last month, Israel's military has taken up a new post in the demilitarized buffer zone created in Syria after the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

Analysts say the return suggests that Moscow is preparing to evacuate one of its most valuable overseas bases.

Syria's new authorities are using Islamic teachings to train a fledgling police force, a move officers say aims to instil a ...

Anastasia Moran is the former associate director for advocacy at the Rescue Committee, where she led the group’s advocacy with the U.S. government and the World Bank. She previously served as the U.S.