The sound of celebratory gunfire filled the streets of Damascus in the hours following the collapse of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. But the jubilant scenes at the weekend that greeted the end of half a century of tyranny could not mask the scale of the challenge facing the victorious Islamist…
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Haiti’s government says the country’s gangs have crossed a “red line” after allegedly killing over 180 people over the…
At the historic Umayyad Mosque in the heart of Damascus, a red, white, black and green flag flies. On…
Multiple formations of Chinese naval and coast guard vessels are moving in waters around the Taiwan Strait and the…