With Bashar al-Assad gone, Turkish President Erdogan wants to position himself as de facto leader of the Sunni Muslim world.

On Dec. 26, 2004, an earthquake-triggered tsunami raced across the Indian Ocean with 40-foot-high waves slamming into India, ...

Iraq, OPEC’s second-largest oil producer, is planning to cut the amount of gas it burns off unproductively to about 20% next year in an attempt to meet rising demand and reduce imports.

Syria was thus a status symbol for the Kremlin. Putin, who sees Russia as a "great power" on par with the United States and ...

Russia’s abandonment of the Assad regime to marshal more resources for the fight against Ukraine vividly illustrates that ...

Syrian police have imposed an overnight curfew in the city of Homs, state media reported, after unrest there linked to ...

Despite criticism over conduct of Gaza war, some see new opportunities.

Israel’s defense minister has confirmed that Israel assassinated Hamas’ top leader last summer and is threatening to take ...

The past year brought thousands of deaths, regional conflict, indictments and accusations of ethnic cleansing and genocide.

Iran's Simorgh missile is officially a Space Launch Vehicle (SLV), however, off the books, is that what it's intended purpose ...

Israel’s bombardment and ground invasion of Gaza has killed over 45,000 Palestinians, more than half of them women and ...

Palestinian Authority forces are clashing with armed groups in the occupied West Bank in a rare crackdown aimed at restoring ...