Kyiv imposes sweeping maritime sanctions as part of push for global compliance against ships moving stolen Ukrainian grain.

After facing cyclic violence under the new regime, Syria’s Alawite minority —the Shia sect of ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Sybiha welcomed the visit of government officials from Syria to participate in ...

St. Helena can serve as a refuge for autocrats seeking a graceful exit from public life.

BRUSSELS (AP) — France’s highest court is ruling Friday on whether it can strip the head of state immunity of Bashar Assad, the former leader of Syria now in exile in Russia, because of the brutality ...

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Under the Syrian dictator’s rule, the wives and children of rebels were seized as leverage. Some are now speaking about their ...