US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for an inclusive transition in Syria after the fall of leader Bashar al-Assad, in a call with powerbroker Turkey, the State Department said Thursday.

Iran’s currency began plummeting in value against the U.S. dollar in November, and the country has reached an inflation rate of over 30%. The decline, which has spurred a wave of protests, followed painful blows dealt to Iran by Israel, which severely incapacitated several of Iran’s regional proxies, including Hamas and Hezbollah.

Polish paramedics treated 16 injured coal miners on Wednesday after methane ignited in a mine in southern Poland, the ambulance service said.

Syria's new administration has called on the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to be integrated in the national army. But the SDF has so far refused, amid recent clashes with

Syria's defence minister said Wednesday that Damascus was open to talks with Kurdish-led forces on their integration into the national army but stood ready to use force should negotiations fail.Sharaa had told Al Arabiya television that Kurdish-led forces should be integrated into the new national army so that weapons are "in the hands of the state alone".

In one of its final moves in office, the Biden administration is trying to secure U.S. influence over Rojava, the Kurdish-led region of northeastern

They are looking to resolve one of the most explosive questions looming over Syria: the fate of Kurdish forces that the U.S. considers key allies against Islamic State and that Turkey regards as a national security threat.

Ben-Gvir should have quit long ago, protesting the greater affront to Israeli nationalism: ultra-Orthodox draft dodging.

While the wages of success in the region will be enormous, the consequences of failure will be utterly hellish.

The agreement should put a stop to the bloodshed, allow people to return to their homes, and get much-needed aid to more than a million people

The presence of Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell at a pro-Palestinian march in London at the weekend reawakened unquiet ghosts for the party’s present leadership, after Starmer had to deal with the bitter aftermath of anti-semitism in the party.

In early January, most of the major military forces of Iran participated in a large military exercise called Payambar-e Azam (Great Prophet), which