Syria

DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — Over the past five years, Judea Reform Congregation has helped resettle 13 refugee families from such countries as Afghanistan, Haiti, Syria, Ukraine and Venezuela. Volunteers are still caring for them...Read More

The Trump administration has launched its latest urgent complaint to the Supreme Court, asking the justices to immediately halt a lower court order that stops the administration from quickly ending humanitarian immigration protections — this time for Haitians. The government’s application Wednesday comes after another recent one regarding Syria that the high court could rule…

Since the start of the latest war with Iran, Druze residents in the Suweida area of southern Syria have faced falling missile debris as Iranian ballistic missiles fired at Israel are intercepted overhead. On Tuesday, a group of young Israelis calling themselves the “Druze Information Headquarters” launched a special appeal…

In the first prosecution of its kind in the UK, a former Syrian colonel has been charged with crimes against humanity, following an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing’s War Crimes Unit. After working closely with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Salem Al-Salem has been charged with a Postal Charge Requisition…

March 07, 2026 12:52 PM ET Bill Maher made Democratic California Sen. Adam Schiff expose the Democratic Party’s apparent hypocrisy Friday regarding President Trump’s military actions in Iran. At one point, Maher wanted to get Schiff‘s opinion on a statement made by the administration, saying, “‘The president has the constitutional…

Follow our live coverage here. BEIRUT – Hezbollah on March 7 said it confronted Israeli troops that infiltrated an east Lebanon town overnight, with the Lebanese authorities reporting at least 16 killed in Israeli strikes on the area. In a statement, Hezbollah said its fighters had “observed the infiltration of…

President Donald Trump said this week that the air war currently being waged against Iran by the United States and Israel might eventually have to include a ground game. Yet Mr. Trump faces considerable domestic political pressures against American boots on the ground, so his phone calls this week to…

How to make sense of the 13-year conflict? An aerial photo shows crowds of Syrians raising a giant independence-era flag, used by the opposition since the uprising began in 2011, as they celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s rule earlier this week at the central Umayyad Square in Damascus on…

Both women looked exhausted. They struggled to maintain eye contact, to focus on the conversation. They described feeling constantly on edge, unable to rest, waiting forever for news that never comes. One had five children, the other four. Their husbands were killed in the fighting. Our husbands brought us here,…

Updated 2 March 2026 at 08:54 IST India has issued advisories for its nationals in Qatar, Turkey, and Syria due to the regional security situation and flight disruptions. In Qatar, regular consular services will be suspended on March 2, but emergency services will remain available. India Issues Security Advisory For…