Tag: Syria

When President Trump attacked Iran on Feb. 28, we called his decision reckless. He went to war without seeking congressional approval or the support of most allies. He offered thin and contradictory justifications to the…

It was a bloody 24 hours. First, three Americans were killed and three wounded on Saturday by an ISIS terrorist in Syria’s security forces. Then two students were killed and nine injured in a shooting…

President Donald Trump signaled Sunday the U.S. will do “big damage” to the militants behind a deadly attack on American forces in Syria that he blamed on the Islamic State. Trump’s comment amplified his vow…

The Israeli defense minister says his country’s troops will stay in “security zones” in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely, after Israel unilaterally expanded its frontiers in the war unleashed by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack. Israel says it…

The Israeli army carried out multiple airstrikes in different parts of Syria on Wednesday, including the capital Damascus, and “almost completely destroyed” a military airport in another major city as Israel continues to degrade the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence after Republicans who had initially questioned her experience and judgment fell in line behind her nomination. Gabbard…

BEIRUT — At least 20 people, most of them women, have been killed in a car bomb blast in Manbij in northern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Syrian Television reported on Monday.…

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Handcuffed and squatting on the floor, Abdullah Zahra saw smoke rising from his cellmate’s flesh as his torturers gave him electric shocks. Then it was Zahra’s turn. They hanged the 20-year-old…

The top diplomats from Germany and France were in Syria on Friday to send what the German minister called a clear signal that Europe and Syria can have a “political new beginning” after Islamist insurgents…

DAMASCUS (AP) — Thousands of Syrians gathered Friday in Damascus’ historic main mosque for the first Muslim Friday prayers since the ouster of President Bashar Assad, while giant crowds celebrated in the capital’s largest square.…