A year ago, Syria’s new leader pledged to 'close the notorious prisons' run by Bashar al-Assad. But prisons and detention ...

Then came the second wave in late winter: Hundreds of people from Assad’s Alawite sect, mostly men, were seized by the new ...

Prisons and lockups that jailed tens of thousands of people during Assad’s rule are now crowded with Syrians detained by President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s security forces and held without formal charges.

Israel is using a manufactured “ceasefire” and US-backed diplomatic cover to prepare for expanded wars against Iran, Gaza, ...

The U.S. findings have been consistent since Putin launched his full-scale invasion in 2022. They largely align with the ...

I encountered patriarchy and male dominance presiding over women and life, all in conjunction with the occupation of my ...

By The Associated Press The Justice Department faces a Friday deadline to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender and wealthy financier known for his connections to some of ...

In northeast Syria, Kurdish women are using music and performance to assert cultural identity, promote female empowerment and ...

Al Ahmed, who is married with two young daughters, faces a long struggle ahead, those who have spoken to him since Sunday’s massacre say.

Last Saturday, an Islamic State infiltrator ambushed a meeting between American soldiers and their local counterparts in a ...

The gunman who killed two U.S. soldiers and an American civilian interpreter had been set to be dismissed from the security ...

Assad's regime, Syrians also celebrate another coming milestone: the lifting of sanctions, which could help give the country ...