Syria Pushes Russia for Compensation with Talks on Bases Stalled The military bases — a naval port at Tartus and an airfield at Hmeimim — have enabled Moscow to project influence in the...
A Mysterious Meeting with Syrian President Is at the Center of Spy Chief's Nomination Fight When Tulsi Gabbard returned to Washington from a clandestine sit-down with Syria’s then-president Bashar Assad eight years...
Syria's Southern Rebels Loom Large as the Country's New Rulers Try to Form a National Army As insurgents raced across Syria in a surprise offensive launched in the country's northwest late last year, officials from...
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...
VA Halts Transgender Care for New Veteran Patients as Advocates Warn of Dire Consequences The department announced that patients currently being treated and those discharged from the Defense Department who receive...
Marines with Skin Condition Affecting Mostly Black Men Could Now Be Booted Under New Policy A new Marine Corps policy says troops with a genetic skin condition that can cause pain and scarring from shaving and mainly...
Highest-Ranking Black Medal of Honor Recipient Erased in Pentagon DEI Purge The latest casualty in the Department of Defense's sweep of all things related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) is...
A Native American Woman's Body Was Found by a Hiker. An Airman Is Accused of Her Murder. Airman Basic Quinterius Chappelle was arrested and is facing a federal second-degree murder charge, the Pennington County...
Supreme Court Upholds VA Court Decision Not to Review 'Benefit-of-the-Doubt' Evidence in Veterans' Claims In a 7-2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court said last week that, while the Department of Veterans Affairs should favor veterans...