The Biden administration has lifted a $10 million bounty on the head of Ahmed al-Sharaa, leader of the group that overthrew Bashar al-Assad in Syria. In exchange, al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, agreed to a U.S. demand not to allow terrorism groups in Syria to threaten the U.S. or Syria’s neighbors.

You can picture Biden squinting up from his desk in the Oval Office asking Jeff Zients, his chief of staff, “Jeff, what am I signing?”

In reality, the United States is only making things worse by letting Benjamin Netanyahu act with impunity once again.

It was galling, to say the least, to see President Joe Biden taking credit for the fall of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria. Biden did everything he could to preserve

We have new optimism that Austin Tice may be freed from captivity in Syria. Joe Biden must do all he can to make that happen.

In April, Israel bombed the Iranian embassy in Syria, prompting Iran to strike back with more than 300 drones and missiles aimed into Israel. But Israel worked with the U.S., Jordan and Saudi Arabia to shoot down nearly every missile and drone.

Donald Trump’s US presidential election win, the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, and the Paris Olympics were among the news events that marked 2024.

Donald Trump's US presidential election win, the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, and the Paris Olympics were among the news events that marked 2024.AFP looks

Russian President Vladimir Putin promised on Tuesday that he would help to find American journalist Austin Tice who went missing in Syria a dozen years ago. Speaking at a marathon

My departure from Syria was neither planned nor did it occur during the final hours of the battles,” according to a statement attributed to Assad and shared on Telegram.

The threat from Iran is greatly diminished, but Turkey poses new challenges.

Nato is “not ready” to fight against Vladimir Putin’s Russia without the US, the leaders of the alliance’s three frontline states have told The Independent, as they called on allies to drastically increase defence spending. In the wake of Donald ...