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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s top general publicly advocated a more forceful US response targeting the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps after a spate of attacks on US bases in Syria last week. US Army Gen. Mark Milley told members of Congress on Tuesday that the US should…

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gives an interview with Cuba's official state news agency Prensa Latina in Damascus on July 20, 2016. The Biden administration sanctioned his government and others on Tuesday for drug trafficking. File Photo by the Syrian Arab News Agency/EPA March 28 (UPI) -- The Biden administration announced…

ByEditors of National Geographic Published March 29, 2023 • 8 min read With nearly two billion followers, Islam originated in Arabia and spread throughout the world, becoming the world’s second largest religion after Christianity. While Mecca is its holiest site, there are other major Muslim sites—gilded mosques, mosaic-embedded shrines, and…

The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on two cousins of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over the trafficking of the stimulant drug captagon, a growing export for the state, which is quickly normalizing ties in the region. An AFP investigation in November found that Syria has become a narco state…

Tehran —  Tehran has condemned U.S. airstrikes on Iran-linked forces in Syria that reportedly killed 19 people, which Washington said it carried out following a deadly drone attack on U.S. forces. The Iranian foreign ministry late Saturday condemned "the belligerent and terrorist attack of the American army on civilian targets"…

Iran warns Iraq of 'mischief' by US  Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), continued his diplomatic surge of recent weeks, signing a border security agreement in Baghdad on March 19.  The memorandum of understanding commits Iraq to cracking down on Iranian-Kurdish opposition groups operating from Iraq's…

President Joe Biden warned Iran on Friday that attacks on American troops would be met with retribution after militias launched a series of rocket and drone attacks against coalition bases in Syria. “Make no mistake, the United States does not, does not, I emphasize, seek conflict with Iran,” Biden told…

The earthquake that has destroyed parts of Türkiye and Syria is a tragedy for millions of families, including my own. One of the worst hit regions—around the ancient city of Antioch—is where my father’s family has lived for generations. This disaster has killed thousands of people and affected millions of…

The Saladin Fortress, a Unesco World Heritage site in Syria's Latakia province, survived centuries of conflict only to be badly damaged by the deadly earthquake in February. All photos: AFP Read More

Published March 25, 2023 6:47pm The death toll from retaliatory US strikes on Iran-linked groups in Syria following a deadly drone attack has risen to 19, a war monitor said Saturday, as Washington insisted it is not seeking conflict with Tehran. Further rocket attacks by Iran-backed militias took place late…