"What is happening in Aleppo is terrible, and one should not worry excessively about whether to classify the atrocities as genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity," Naimark said in an email.

From the shattered boulevards of Tripoli to the bombed-out alleys of Aleppo, from Baghdad's sectarian heartlands to Gaza's ...

There is a silence that comforts — the silence of awe before the sacred, the pause of grief, the reverent hush of memory. And then there is another kind. A silence of erasure, of complicity, of moral ...

“Just as we entered Karabakh, just as we entered Libya, we might do the same to them. There is nothing we cannot do. Only we must be strong,” Erdoğan said.

Moscow has had a shadow presence in Libya’s eastern regions, which are controlled by rebel warlord Khalifa Haftar. The notorious, now-defunct mercenary company Wagner backed Haftar in his fight ...

In Aleppo, schools have reopened, and Christians, who point to happiness over the ending of a conflict but remain cautious over HTS, have attended regular Sunday services.

12/18/2024 Russian military bases in Syria appear to be being packed up and evacuated. If Russia relocates to Libya, experts worry the shift could impact security in the Mediterranean and ...

With all eyes on the rebels’ plans for the future, Aleppo offers early hints on how the group might approach governance — at least in the immediate future. In a country that has been deeply ...

Fighters in a faction of the Turkey-backed Syrian National Army man a checkpoint in the Tal Battal area near al-Bab city on 26 September 2023 (AFP/Bakr Alkasem) ...

While for more than a year, much of the world’s attention has been captivated by the war between Iran (and its proxy groups) and Israel, the broader Middle East and North Africa are riven with ...

Since launching a surprise offensive against Syrian government forces in the northwestern province of Aleppo last Wednesday, a coalition of opposition fighters led by the Islamist militant group Hayat ...

The attacks also targeted Aleppo’s university dorms, killing four students and wounding 10 others. Then on Sunday, Dec. 1, Terra Santa College in Aleppo run by the Franciscans was hit by a strike.