President Donald Trump declared in his first term that the Islamic State group was defeated and that U.S. troops would leave Syria. This weekend, a gunman linked to the Islamic State group killed two ...

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — As Jordan hosted regional talks this spring aimed at ending Syria’s isolation after more than a decade of civil war, Syrian refugee Suzanne Dabdoob felt a deep pressure in her ...

The Syrian government’s takeover of key oil and gas fields from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the country’s northeast has raised hopes for the revival of its dilapidated energy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A child stands next to a missile after it fell near Qamishli International Airport, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in ...

Hours after U.S. and Israeli jets began bombing Iran on February 28, 2026, Syrians heard a loud explosion in Damascus. Given the new Syrian government’s hostility to Iran, the lingering presence of ...

We're told that American troops are in Syria to prevent "another costly, large-scale war," but every time someone attacks those troops, we're told the U.S. has to double down on its commitment to ...