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As airstrikes continue to ravage life in Syria, a family just outside of Turkey's border are living in an underground cave to stay safe.

Fatigue with Syria's endless conflict can't hide the enormity of this moment. It is highly unlikely that the Syrian regime had the will or the firepower to target and kill over 30 Turkish troops without Moscow's backing, or arms, or direct...

Syrian and Russian warplanes hammered away Saturday on a key town that has been a flashpoint of fighting with Turkey-backed Syrian rebels. The airstrikes continued despite a phone call between Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President...

The asteroid that hit Earth nearly 13,000 years ago and ended the Pleistocene era likely wiped out an ancient civilization in what is modern-day Syria, according to newly discovered evidence. The research, published in Scientific Reports, notes that...

Ettab Hadithy and her two sons have lived in Idlib, Syria, for their entire lives. As the conflict is about to enter its 10th year, Ettab reflects on witnessing how the fighting has shattered lives, destroyed cities and shown the horrors of unending...

Several Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) members escaped from a Syrian prison on Sunday by ripping off doors and using them to break down a wall during a "detention facility uprising," authorities said.

A handful of ISIS thugs broke out of captivity in northeast Syria over the weekend, an unwelcome reminder that their particular plague is only in check, not yet eradicated from the face of the Earth. According to the Syrian Democratic Forces, the...

IDLIB, Syria – A team of volunteers in Syria have cobbled together prototypes of a ventilator and a testing machine – homemade equipment to fight the new coronavirus if it hits the last rebel stronghold, where hospitals lie in ruins after nine...

The United States has paid a dear price for its involvement in the Middle East since 9/11. In Afghanistan, in Iraq, in Syria, and conflicts and counterterrorist campaigns from the deserts of North Africa to the Straits of Hormuz, our “all in”...

12-year-old Hazem Al-Hossain is missing soccer like millions around the world, but that's not stopping his budding career in sports commentary. Al-Hossain's passionate voice can be heard talking sports throughout the streets of Damascus, Syria.

The coronavirus pandemic has forced the US-led military coalition battling ISIS to pause or suspend significant aspects of its campaign in Iraq and Syria, even as the terror group seeks to exploit the instability caused by the pandemic and a dramatic...

Most of the time, when you read about doctors associated with the medical humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders, it involves their work in conflict zones around the world — places like Yemen and Syria, where the consequences of war have...

Americans will be expelled from Iraq and Syria, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday, renewing Iran’s demand for US troops to be withdrawn from the Middle East. Iran almost got into a full-blown conflict with the United...

Help get this pup out of the Middle East. American soldiers stationed in Syria were on a mission when they heard a small whimpering puppy crying. They stumbled upon a litter of five dead puppies, but one was still alive — so the troops adopted the...

Street artists from Manchester, England, to Syria are honoring George Floyd in their own colorful ways by painting murals to express solidarity with the African-American community in the US.

The United States has rolled out fresh sanctions that aim to drive Syrian President Bashar al-Assad back to a UN-led negotiating table and threaten to devastate Syria's already floundering economy.

The US-led coalition in Syria is believed to have used a “secret,” highly advanced missile filled with knives to take out two al Qaeda commanders in the country over the weekend. The weapon, dubbed the “ninja bomb,” fatally struck the two...

Police in Italy have confiscated a huge shipment of 14 metric tonnes (15.4 US tons) of amphetamines which they say was produced by ISIS in Syria.

ROME – Italian police said on Wednesday they had seized about 14 tonnes of amphetamine pills worth around 1 billion euros ($1 billion) arriving from Syria, in what they described as the world’s single largest operation of its kind. Investigators...