The 13-year civil war in Syria has roared back into prominence with a surprise rebel offensive on one of Syria’s largest ...

Follow NBC News live updates for the latest on the fighting between rebels and government forces in Syria and the wider ...

Toomaj Salehi, an Iranian dissident rapper and activist, has been released from prison, according to a statement issued Monday by his international legal team.

Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi has avoided a death sentence and been unexpectedly set free from prison after nearly two years, according to his family.

All of this makes the next six weeks until US Inauguration Day a wide-open playing field where getting closer to a ...

As rebels make progress in their fight against Assad's government, Newsweek has mapped the regional approach to the conflict.

The recent rapid advance by opposition fighters in Syria shows that Syrian President Bashar Assad must reconcile with his own ...

The rebels launched their surprise offensive on Nov. 26, attacking from areas to the north and northwest of Aleppo. It is the ...

Officials from Turkey, Iran, Russia and Syria are all scrambling to blunt the offensive and protect their troops and ...

President-elect Donald Trump announced Sunday that he intends to nominate Massad Boulos, a billionaire businessman from Lebanon who is also father-in-law to Tiffany Trump, to serve as senior adviser ...

The relevant agencies in Washington already have more than enough hard evidence to justify imposing full secondary sanctions ...