Syria is at a pivotal moment. After years of devastating conflict and decades of repression, the country’s transitional phase ...

Packages of drugs are seen under the bottom of a container of the cargo ship "Noka" following an operation of the Hellenic Coast Guard, in which cannabis and super-strength amphetamine pills worth ...

(Mahmud Turkia/AFP/AFP) Hundreds of Syrian refugees living in Libya poured into a travel agency in Tripoli on Saturday to take advantage of an offer of free tickets to Damascus, AFP journalists saw.

The Arab spring has brought large-scale protests and violence to at least half a dozen countries in the past three years. Until now, the U.S. has only intervened militarily in one of them — Libya. Now ...

Chevron (NYSE:CVX) has re-entered Libya with a new exploration license in the Sirte Basin after a 15 year absence. The company has also secured fresh exploration awards in Syria, supported by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of the Syrian security forces gather at a back of a vehicle outside al-Aqtan prison, where some Islamic State detainees ...

There are ways in which the military crisis in Syria resembles Libya in 2011. There are many more in which it does not. Most important: Chances for a quick military victory over Syrian forces are ...

Syrian nationals wait at a service office in Tripoli after the Syrian foreign ministry announced it would grant free return tickets to its citizens wishing to leave Libya — Mahmud Turkia Hundreds of ...