Syria's new government spokesman told AFP on December 12 the country's constitution and parliament would be suspended for the duration of the three-month transition period…
Israel said on December 12 it would "continue to act to defend itself" after France urged it to withdraw from the UN-patrolled buffer zone separating…
FIFA on December 11 confirmed that Saudi Arabia will host the 2034 World Cup, underlining the Gulf kingdom's growing influence in world sport despite criticism…
Syria's new prime minister said the Islamist-led alliance that ousted president Bashar al-Assad will guarantee minority rights, in an interview published December 11, also calling…
The UN General Assembly on December 11 overwhelmingly adopted a resolution calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Gaza, a symbolic gesture rejected by…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads on December 11 on an emergency tour after the overthrow of Syria's dictatorship, in a new, last-minute attempt…
The Kurdish-led force controlling northeast Syria said on December 11 it had reached a US-brokered ceasefire with Turkish-backed fighters in Manbij, after Islamist-led rebels toppled…
Syria's new transitional prime minister on December 10 said it was time for "stability and calm" in the country, two days after longtime president Bashar…
Qatari officials are in contact with the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which spearheaded the ouster of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, as well as…
Benjamin Netanyahu, the first sitting prime minister of Israel to face a criminal trial, is expected to testify for the first time when his corruption…
This year has been "particularly deadly" for journalists with 104 killed worldwide, over half of them being in Gaza, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)…
Britain, Germany, France, Italy and several other European countries said December 9 they would freeze all pending asylum requests from Syrians, a day after the…
With the fall of President Bashar al-Assad in neighbouring Syria, Turkey has the chance to turn the overthrow of a historic adversary into a greater…
The head of a Syrian opposition war monitor said early on December 8 that President Bashar Assad left the country for an undisclosed location, fleeing…
Amnesty International on December 5 accused Israel of "committing genocide" against Palestinians in Gaza since the start of the war last year, saying its new…
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is under growing strain as his army suffers setbacks, the economy deteriorates, his support wanes and his government's foreign backers are…
Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party have agreed to create a committee to jointly administer post-war Gaza, negotiators from both…
A Syria war monitor said fighters were closing in on the central city of Hama on December 3, with people fleeing as the army said…
The surprise resurgence of Syria's civil war is shaking the table for the US, which tried to turn the page years ago on a devastating…
Iraq sent armoured vehicles on December 2 to reinforce its long border with Syria, in a bid to ease concerns after a surprise offensive in…
Russia on December 1 said it was helping the Syrian army "repel" rebel forces in three northern provinces, as Moscow seeks to support the government…
Iraq's parliament postponed until December 2 a vote on controversial legal amendments, including a reworked family law bill that had sparked civil outrage over fears…
Iran is set to meet with Britain, France and Germany for talks November 29 on its nuclear programme after the three governments joined with the…
Thousands of Lebanese displaced by the war between Israel and Hezbollah began the journey back home as a ceasefire took hold on November 27, with…
Iraq's population has surpassed 45 million, more than a third of whom are under the age of 15, authorities said November 25 after the first…
