United Nations sanctions monitors have seen no "active ties" this year between Al Qaeda and the Islamist group leading ...

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.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. and Russia have exchanged new ideas for Ukraine peace talks after he met ...

The Trump administration's May 2025 announcement in Riyadh, and subsequent executive order in June, lifting all sanctions on ...

As the president’s traditional support wanes, he is seeking a risky deal with the Kurds to buy a political lifeline. But is ...

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

On May 23, 2025, approximately five months after the Assad regime was overthrown, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of ...

Trump’s immigration policy has closed America’s doors and could change the way Americans think about citizenship and ...

Benjamin Netanyahu revealed he nominated Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize as he joined the US president at the White ...

The State Department revoked the terrorist designation of Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham, a group headed by the country’s new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa.

The Trump administration is lifting the terrorism designation of a Syrian group after Assad's ouster, signaling improved ...

JAMES JEFFREY served as a Foreign Service Officer in seven U.S. administrations, including, during the first Trump ...