Israel and Iran are heading for conflict over southern Syria.
President Donald Trump said he would be willing to serve as a mediator between Qatar and Arab countries that accuse it of supporting terrorism, amplifying his administration’s effort to end a stalemate.
Israel launched airstrikes on a Syrian military compound in what former Israeli officials said was an attack meant to thwart military threats from Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah.
A United Nations report blamed the Syrian regime for a sarin gas attack on an opposition-held town that killed at least 83 people—many of them women and children—and called it a war crime.
Qatar, faced with dwindling supplies of essentials such as food, has formally opened a major seaport, which will help the tiny Gulf state secure imports after Arab neighbors cut off key trade routes in an intensifying diplomatic standoff.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley laid out a path for the White House to declare that Iran isn’t complying with the 2015 nuclear deal—but leave it to Congress to decide what to do.
The U.S.-led coalition battling Islamic State said the convoy of militants stranded in Syria has proved an unexpected boon, drawing other fighters from the extremist group seeking to reach the buses out in the open and turning them into easy targets.
As Iraqi security forces drive Islamic State from cities such as Mosul, commerce is kicking in, a first step toward rebuilding the economy amid vast destruction. But many challenges lie ahead.
U.S.-backed Syrian forces retook the old city of Raqqa, U.S. officials said Sunday, inching closer to fully capturing what was once the extremist group’s de facto capital used by militants to plan and stage attacks on the West.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has regularly lambasted the Israeli press, but a new disclosure related to an ongoing corruption probe shows the leader also worked hard to shape how the domestic media covers him.
In photos selected Thursday by Wall Street Journal editors, Princess Diana is remembered in London, trucks drive through flooded streets in Texas, Kyrgyzstan celebrates its independence from the Soviet Union, and more.
The U.N. nuclear-watchdog agency’s finding is likely to put it at odds with the Trump administration.
The Hezbollah militia has claimed a “great victory” in expelling Islamic State from its main stronghold in Lebanon. Now the question is how it translates this triumph of arms into lasting political gains, Yaroslav Trofimov writes.
American Airlines pilots, mechanics and flight attendants kick the tires, test the engines and make sure all seat belts actually fasten on a new Boeing 787-9.
The U.S. military said it maintains 11,000 troops in Afghanistan, 2,600 more than it has previously disclosed.