Syria

UN probe: Syrian minorities face kidnappings, rape, and arbitrary detention

A UN report reveals that Syria's new government has failed to stop human rights abuses, including abductions, sexual violence, and arbitrary detentions, despite efforts for accountability.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa attends the Ministry of Awqaf conference titled "Unity of Islamic Discourse" at the Conference Palace in Damascus, Syria, February 16, 2026.
Turkish President and Leader of the Justice and Development (AK) Party, Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses to the party members during the AK Party Group Meeting at the Grand National Assembly of Turkiye in Ankara, Turkiye on February 25, 2026.

Israel’s next test: Turkey positions itself to lead a post-Islamic Iran Middle East - opinion

A PICTURE taken along the Israel-Lebanon border shows rockets being fired from southern Lebanon towards Israel on March 3, 2026.

Border residents demand Israel eliminate Hezbollah, create buffer zone up to Litani river

Sipan Hemo, the new deputy to the Syrian defense minister. August 14, 2025.

Syria appoints key Kurdish commander Sipan Hemo as deputy defense minister


Israeli relations with Middle Eastern countries improving as war goes on with Iran

As the US-Israel war with Iran intensifies, countries like Morocco, UAE, and Bahrain boost military cooperation with Israel, strengthening regional alliances.

International Cooperation Division Chief Brig.-Gen. Amit Adler, July 2024; illustrative.

Hezbollah claims it foiled additional IDF attempt to land in Lebanon, search for Ron Arad

According to Hezbollah's statement, 15 helicopters arrived from the direction of the Syrian border and attempted to land near the village.

Friends of Israel Air Force navigator Ron Arad who has been missing since October 1986 march in his memory in Tel Aviv, on October 18, 2024.

'US will abandon you': Syria's Kurds caution Iran's Kurds against aligning with US against Tehran

Syrian Kurds caution Iranian counterparts against partnering with the US, citing past betrayals and fears of abandonment in the fight against Iran.

Iranian Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) take part in a training session at a base on the outskirts of Erbil, Iraq February 12, 2026.

Netanyahu’s prediction fulfilled as Israel reshapes Middle East - analysis

“Israel's response to the unprecedented multi-pronged attack by Palestinian gunmen from the Gaza Strip will ‘change the Middle East,’ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

The joint US-Israel military strikes on Iran mark more than a tactical military operation. They represent a fundamental realignment – President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have closed a strategic gap that successive American administrations never fully bridged.

We are not mercenaries: Will Kurds become the boots on the ground against Tehran? - opinion

Kurdish forces may attack Iran, but only if the US and Israel guarantee political and military backing for their people.

KURDISH PESHMERGA fighters affiliated with PAK train in January near Erbil, Iraq.

Katyusha rockets target US Embassy in Baghdad as Iran-aligned militias widen attacks

The attack was the first time the embassy had been fired on in more than two years.

Remains of Katyusha rocket is pictured following two Katyusha rockets which hit Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, in Baghdad, Iraq December 19, 2021.

Turkey calls for Britain's MI6 to assist with protection of Syria's Sharaa

It was unclear what specifically Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization, or MIT, had asked of MI6, or what new role, if any, MI6 had taken up.

 Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Man who stabbed Spanish tourist at Berlin Holocaust memorial sentenced to 13 years in prison

His victim was slashed in the neck and face, hospitalized and placed into a coma, and still is unable to work, the court was told.

Police officers are seen near the Holocaust Memorial a day after stabbing in Berlin, Germany on February 22, 2025.

Syria opens Mediterranean-Aleppo air corridor that could help ease regional snarl

Royal Jordanian is expected to use the Mediterranean corridor on Friday for a flight from Amman to Aleppo as part of the phased return of air traffic.

Planes that belong to the Royal Jordanian Airlines and other companies are parked at the Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan February 23, 2020.

Will Donald Trump give up on the Red Sea? - opinion

It is estimated that 15% of global trade goes through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal.

US President Donald Trump and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan gesture as they pose for a photo, at a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a U.S.-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025.