Russia has become the first country to recognise the Taliban as Afghanistan’s government. Andrew Mueller explains why.

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Ahmed al-Sharaa led HTS, considered a jihadist group for years. Now, he has replaced Assad as Syria’s new president. And he ...

A church bombing leads Syria's Christians to consider leaving as foreign fighters remain - Last month's deadly church bombing ...

Under the Assad regime, Saydnaya prison became a mass-killing machine; ‘a symbol of shame for the whole world.’ ...

The recent Israel-Iran war, while providing some short-term benefits like higher oil prices and diverted Western attention, ...

Washington's move follows the lifting of sanctions on Damascus after the ouster of the al-Assad government in December in a ...

Any future appeal by them to “Western values” will be dismissed as the grossest hypocrisy. In the space of a few years, all ...

WASHINGTON, July 7. /TASS/. The United States has made the decision to revoke the foreign terrorist organization designation of the Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham group (outlawed in Russia), according to a ...

Russia has been using drones and missiles to strike targets, wait some time, and then hit the same spot later.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is revoking the terrorism designation of a group led by Syria’s new president as ...