The optimism about changes in Syria should be tempered by a look at what is in, and what's out, in the new regime's schoolbooks.

The longtime enemies have opened contacts, reflecting a power shift across a Middle East in which they have newfound common ...

Last month's deadly church bombing outside Syria's capital is raising fears among the country's minority Christians. Some are ...

A U.S. envoy says that Syria’s central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging their forces after the ...

The United States must press the Syrian Transitional Government to bring the perpetrators of the Saint Elias Church attack to ...

Four major international reports on women's rights, including recommendations on how to prevent domestic violence and ...

T he International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for two of the Taliban's top leaders, accusing them of persecuting women and girls in Afghanistan.

A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a contentious executive order ending birthright ...

As a close neighbor of Afghanistan, China remains committed to supporting an inclusive political process in the country, said ...

There are 2,000 Dagestani women without children in the Al-Hawl and Roj camps, which are under Kurdish control in Syria,” said L., a Dagestani woman recently rescued from Al-Hawl, a sprawling ...

The 193-member UN General Assembly adopted a draft resolution, introduced by Germany on "The situation in Afghanistan'., ...

Russia's decision to formally recognise the Taliban government has been seen as an opening for a stronger economy by some ...