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Recent clashes between anti-government groups and security forces in Syria have put the Alawite community in the spotlight.

"To be honest, the Alawites clearly ask for international protection," a former Syrian diplomat told Newsweek.

A Syrian military operation against remnants of the former Assad regime has now ended, having sparked some of the worst ...

Prosecutors say the men helped direct a murder-for-hire scheme aimed at Masih Alinejad. The trial is expected to show Iran’s ...

China should recognise that the Philippines is an independent and sovereign state whose actions and decisions are driven ...

A bipartisan group of U.S. House members introduced legislation to redesignate Turkey from a European to a Middle Eastern ...

President Donald Trump said Friday he would "prefer to make a deal" with Iran rather than use military force to reach an ...

Iran will not resume negotiations with the United States on its nuclear programme while President Donald Trump applies his ...

A bipartisan group of House members introduced legislation this week to redesignate Turkey at the State Department as a ...

Turkey's armed forces have killed 26 Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria in the week since jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's disarmament call, the defence ministry said on Thursday.

Iran has also been investing in a north-south economic corridor that will link the Caucasus and Russia with the Persian Gulf.