Syria

Despite this week’s meeting of Putin, Erdogan, and Rouhani, there is no good news in the last redoubt of the Syrian revolt.

A Belgian fighter captured in Syria was transported to Iraq to face trial. He's now on death row.

Bashar al-Assad is on the verge of victory after massacring his population with Russian help. But the EU’s fear of yet another refugee influx could spur action to stop the carnage.

In the increasingly close relationship between the Russian and Turkish presidents, there’s one clear alpha.

Voters across the political spectrum have become hostile toward the millions of people who fled Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his opponents are now responding with tough talk on repatriation.

Nearly four decades after taking out Saddam Hussein’s nuclear reactor, Israel once again faces threats emanating from Iranian-backed militias in Iraq.

The Turkish government provides millions of Syrians with health care and education. A multilateral political solution is needed and demonizing Ankara won’t help.

A United Nations program passes on rebel coordinates to Russia. Its bombs do the rest.

Beirut is ready to send refugees home, but there isn’t much for them to go back to.

Ankara once welcomed millions of Syrians as “guests.” Now, as anti-refugee sentiment rises, they are being sent back across the border, where they face danger and death.

U.S. defense secretary says a Turkish incursion would be “unacceptable.”

Assad’s shaky case for innocence in the face of war crimes charges crumbles at the United Nations.

The country has hosted the most refugees per capita in the world—and it’s now out of patience.

The U.S. withdrawal could leave tens of thousands vulnerable to Islamic State indoctrination.

Though Raqqa was captured by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, many residents are mistrustful and believe only Bashar al-Assad can bring stability.

U.S. officials say they are pressuring the regime to allow U.N. aid deliveries to the Rukban camp.

The British ambassador to the United States exits the stage, and Europe tries to salvage the Iran nuclear deal.

U.S. security officials are pushing for penalties over Ankara’s purchase of a Russian missile system.