Syrian Intelligence Agency Says it Thwarted a Planned Islamic State Attack on a Shiite Shrine State news agency SANA reported, citing an unnamed official in the General Intelligence Service, that members of the IS cell...
Germany Says Sanctions Against Syrian War Crimes Suspects Must Stay But People Need Relief Germany is one of several countries that imposed sanctions on the Assad government over its brutal crackdown on dissent.
US Military Campaign Against Islamic State Ramps Up The U.S. military has waged a series of large strikes on the Islamic State terrorist group in Syria and Iraq over the past...
Long Silenced by Fear, Syrians Now Speak About Rampant Torture Under Assad The system of detention, torture and death run by Syria’s former ruler, Bashar Assad, is starting to come out into the open.
Protesters in Syria Demand Justice for Disappeared Activists and Accountability from All Factions Protesters in Syria held a sit-in demanding justice for four activists who were forcibly disappeared in 2013 and whose fate...
Syrian Soldiers Distance Themselves from Assad in Return for Promised Amnesty Some members of the defunct military told The Associated Press that they had joined Assad's forces because it meant a stable...
Cyprus Can Help Rid Syria of Chemical Weapons and Search for its Missing, Cypriot Top Diplomat Says Cyprus’ offer is grounded on its own past experience both with helping rid Syria of chemical weapons 11 years ago and its own...
It's Time for US Troops to Leave Syria "There are roughly 4,500 U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria today, and they represent a potentially significant strategic...
Turkey and Russia Engage in Delicate Maneuvers over Syria After Assad’s Downfall The rapid downfall of Syrian leader Bashar Assad has touched off a new round of delicate geopolitical maneuvering between...
Mystery Surrounding Abducted Marine Veteran Austin Tice Enters New Chapter with Syrian Manhunt The search for missing Marine Corps veteran Austin Tice that stumped the U.S. government for 12 years has entered a new...
Trump's Promises to Radically Change the Military In this episode, we spoke to two experts with collective decades of experience in analyzing the promises President-elect...
The Battle over Veterans’ Health Care: How the Republican Majority Hopes to Reshape the VA With the new Congress sworn in and President-elect Trump poised for his second inauguration, Republicans have queued up a...
Troop Pardons Set to Complicate Military's Muddled Response to Jan. 6 As Trump prepares to take office Monday, he has vowed to move quickly on a key campaign promise to pardon many, if not all...
Army Veteran Caught Faking Severe PTSD, Purple Heart Award to Steal $779,000, Feds Say Kevin Paul McMains, of Milton, Florida, was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison for theft of government money...
Biden Pardons Fauci and Milley in an Effort to Guard Against Potential 'Revenge' by Trump Retired Gen. Mark Milley says he’s grateful to President Joe Biden for a pardon.