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Six years of violence and bloodshed have spawned a mental health crisis among Syria’s children whose impact will be felt for decades, international charity Save the Children said on Tuesday. In a report it called the largest mental health survey inside Syria during the war, […]

Syrian security forces cordon off the area following a reported suicide bombing at the old palace of justice building in Damascus, March 15, 2017. Share Two separate suicide attackers blew themselves up Wednesday at different locations in Damascus, according to state television. At least 25 […]

RIYADH — In Saudi Arabia, a group of women are preparing an unusual event to mark International Women’s Day — a campaign to highlight the changing role and economic potential of women in the deeply conservative Islamic kingdom. Saudi Arabia is well known as the world’s […]

Marines arrive in Syria in support of fight for Raqqa, defense official says By Lucas Tomlinson Published March 08, 2017 FoxNews.com Facebook Twitter livefyre Email Print Now PlayingUS Marines on the ground in Syria Never autoplay videos A detachment of U.S Marines arrived in Syria […]

JERUSALEM —  A law to muffle mosques’ amplified calls to prayer in Israel and occupied East Jerusalem won preliminary approval on Wednesday in a charged parliamentary session where Arab legislators denounced the measure as racist. Supporters of the bill say it is aimed at improving […]

The Manbij Military Council has handed control of several areas west of the city of Manbij to the Syrian Army, as part of a Moscow-brokered deal to create a buffer zone between Kurds and the Turkish army. Geopolitics analyst Gevorg Mirzayan explains why the deal […]

The top U.S. commander in Iraq on Wednesday downplayed the chances that the United States would deploy a large number of additional coalition forces to battle Islamic State, even as President Donald Trump weighs options to speed the campaign. Army Lieutenant General Stephen Townsend also […]

Egypt’s top appeals court on Thursday acquitted Hosni Mubarak of involvement in the killing of protesters during a 2011 revolt, ending the final trial for the strongman who ruled for 30 years. Mubarak had been sentenced to life in 2012 but an appeals court ordered […]

The Syrian military said Thursday that it had re-captured the town of Palmyra from Islamic State militants for the second time in a year. A statement from the army said the government is in control of the whole city. The government was able to take […]