Two years after jet crisis, do Russians really trust Turkey?
On Dec. 1, Russia finally lifted its ban on imports of Turkish tomatoes completely. This was one of the last sanctions against Turkey that Moscow introduced shortly…
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Syrian govt recaptures border town from ISIS
BEIRUT • The Syrian army and its allies took complete control over Albu Kamal, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) last significant town…
British man fighting Isis in Syria has been killed in Raqqa, sources say
A British man who went to Syria to fight Islamic State has been killed in Raqqa, a month after Kurdish commanders declared the “total liberation” of the group’s de…
World Trade Organization sets up panel on Qatar-UAE crisis
GENEVA — The World Trade Organization has established a panel to decide on Qatar’s complaint against measures imposed on Doha by the United Arab Emirates…
ISIS just lost its last town in Iraq
In 2014, ISIS controlled around 34,000 square miles of territory in Iraq and Syria. As of Friday, ISIS lost its last stronghold in Iraq. That’s because on…
Pentagon Says It’s Staying In Syria, Even Though ISIS Appears Defeated
Raqqa, the de facto capital of the Islamic State, is taken and in ruins. U.S. troops and civilian aid workers are in the Syrian city,…
Russia is using a video game to ‘prove’ the U.S. is letting ISIS flee Syria
The image provided by the Russian defense ministry was damning: three Islamic State trucks led by an armored vehicle on their way to a key battlefield in…
Lebanon’s plunge into political crisis raises specter of war with Israel
BEIRUT — Even for a country often used as a battleground by regional powers and their proxies, the sudden resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri has…
ISIS’s defeat in Iraq and Syria makes attacks like New York inevitable
Sayfullo Saipov left a chilling note behind in the truck he allegedly used to kill eight people in Manhattan on Tuesday. “The Islamic State,” he…
British Isis fighters in Syria must be killed in almost all cases, says minister
The only way of dealing with British Isis fighters in Syria will be to kill them in almost every case, an international development minister has…