Middle East

Russian general dead in Moscow The general in charge of Russia’s nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons was killed outside his apartment building in Moscow on Tuesday. His name was Lt....

While Syria is shifting to new management, Israel is attacking the country’s arsenals and infrastructure. On Monday, military jets struck former air defense sites and missile warehouses along the country’s...

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to talk about peace plans for Ukraine. “I had an hour-long phone conversation this morning with President Putin,”...

In the not so distant past, Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani sported a long unkempt beard, wore a style of turban favored by jihadis and looked like he was...

Israel, rebels race to contain Syria’s collapse Israeli jets attacked Syria’s navy suspected chemical weapons sites around Damascus as Israeli troops have reportedly deployed deeper inside Syria than at any...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Israel carried out a wave of heavy airstrikes across Syria as its troops advanced deeper into the country, drawing to within 25 kilometers (15 miles) of the...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron have agreed to work with the Syrian opposition groups that took power in Damascus “on the basis of fundamental human rights...

Britain’s prime minister insisted Monday that it is “far too early” to discuss changing tack on a key Syrian rebel group designated as terrorists by the U.K. Keir Starmer downplayed...

Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled his palace in Damascus on Sunday as a coalition of rebel factions poured into the city this weekend, capping a lightning advance from the north...

LONDON — The British government on Monday appointed a former senior official under Tony Blair’s administration as its new envoy to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. Michael Barber...