Assad, as a rebel-linked caretaker prime minister was appointed to oversee the transition of power. Follow for live updates.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is returning to the Middle East this week on his 12th visit since the Israel-Hamas war ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz in a call that it was important for the United States and Israel to be in close consultation over events unfolding in ...

U.N. peacekeepers' "freedom of movement is severely constrained in the current context," a U.N. official told Newsweek.

Israeli strikes pounded the Gaza Strip overnight and into Wednesday, with one attack ripping through a home where displaced ...

Rebel forces in Syria captured the capital Damascus and toppled the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick ...

An Israeli strike on a home sheltering displaced people in the northern Gaza Strip killed at least 19, Palestinian medical ...

Many Syrians remain apprehensive about how religious minorities, including Christians, will be treated in a new political ...

The rapid fall of Syria’s autocratic ruler, Bashar al-Assad, this past weekend was one of the most consequential developments ...

The international community needs to establish "several red lines" in any talks with the new Syrian leadership and consider ...

The incoming Trump national security team has come to realize it has no choice but to work with Biden's team amid conflicts ...

By lowering the threshold for direct strikes, the tit for tat has boosted the odds that the two most powerful states in the ...