Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said his government’s coalition with Russia, Iran and Iraq must succeed in Syria’s civil war, suggesting the alternative to its survival is a region in chaos.

The Middle East is a place that most American presidents want to avoid. Yet inevitably, they find themselves mired in its quarrels. Despite periodic calls for a pivot toward other geostrategic ...

After President Joe Biden’s deadly withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan on August 30, 2021, Congress passed an ...

Democrats are the only adults in the room when it comes to protecting Americans from a failed GOP health plan, an illegal immigration program and a reckless use of tariffs that have raised costs for ...

On my first visit to Italy’s tourist sites in Rome, Florence, Pisa, Venice, and Milan in 1973, when I was a graduate student ...

By bnm Gulf bureau An image purportedly showing ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad walking in Moscow's Red Square with a ...

We bring you some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Wednesday, December 1, 2025.

MBS notched important gains in Washington, rehabilitating Riyadh after it was sidelined by Israel and Qatar and likely ...

Fourteen people are on trial, charged with crimes related to an outbreak of sectarian violence under the new government. The ...