There is one character in the biblical Christmas story about the Birth of Jesus that is pivotal, yet often forgotten: the ...

Two camps in northeastern Syria, al-Hol and Roj, hold thousands of alleged Islamic State fighters and their family members. In a new Syria, their fate is in question.

Assad, old alliances have crumbled, and global powers are figuring out their relationships with Syria’s new de facto leaders.

The Iranian-backed rebels have kept up a steady drumbeat of attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea despite a U.S. campaign to stop them.