‘Every day we see people scavenging through trash looking for food or material to burn for warmth,’ says UN agency spokesperson Turkey’s foreign minister, Hakan Fidan , has met with Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al Sharaa - also known as...
The US on Friday dropped its $10 million reward for the capture of Ahmed al-Sharaa, leader of Syria's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebel group, following the first in-person official meeting in Damascus between the two sides.
Faced with the devastation in Gaza, Israelis tend to look away. The victories after the fall of Assad are a far easier focus Aluf Benn is the editor-in-chief of Haaretz Wars are remembered by their iconic images, and finding a triumphal...
UN investigators, who have been collecting evidence of the Syrian regime's crimes for years, say the fall of Assad offers a seminal opportunity to gather first-hand evidence. FRANCE 24's Charlotte Hughes reports. Sharon Gaffney speaks to...
Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Sunday killed at least 28 people, according to Palestinian medical officials. Rescuers said four children were killed in a strike on a school that the Israeli military said was...
Loss of authority in Syria after fall of Bashar al-Assad adds to domestic and international crises facing Iranian leaders The Iranian government is attempting to salvage some influence with Syria’s new leaders, as Tehran reels from its...
Syria has a new interim government, but there is concern about how it will govern following contradictory remarks. Some groups, including women's rights advocates, are already testing the terrain.
Talks in Egypt and Qatar are focused on forging a deal to pause the 14-month-old war and release Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners See all our Middle East coverage Israelis in the West Bank have set fire to the Bar Al-Walidain...
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Stephen Rapp, a former U.S. ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues, on his trip to Syria to help preserve evidence from mass graves.
President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Mayotte on Thursday to survey the damage across France's poorest territory as rescuers continue their search for survivors of Cyclone Chido. Officials warn the death toll from the most destructive...
Residents in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli took to the streets on Thursday in a demonstration supporting the resistance of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against the recent attacks by pro-Turkey fighters in the...
Medical workers at one of the last functioning hospitals in the north of the territory say the facility has come under heavy attack by Israel this week.
The loss of its military power in Syria has led Russia to turn its sights on Libya. Could the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria see the strengthening of his Libyan counterpart, Khalifa Haftar?
Although Iran has one of the biggest supplies of natural gas and crude oil in the world, it finds itself in a full blown energy emergency, coming just as it also suffers major geopolitical setbacks.
Since the Nov. 5 election, sycophants, billionaires, lobbyists and job seekers have been spied paying court to President-elect Donald Trump in Florida.
As Syrians continue to search for traces of loved ones who were disappeared under Bashar al-Assad's regime, UN workers in the country have taken advantage of Assad's ouster to gather unprecedented amounts of "game changing" evidence of...
At the start of this year Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was facing a crisis. Just a few months before, Hamas had breached Israel's border with Gaza, killing some 1200 people in Israel on October 7th. As the year ends,...
Donald Trump's victory, and especially his winning the popular vote, has caused Black women to rethink their approach to politics. For some, the solution is more focus on local issues and their own needs.
New reports by human rights groups use the term to describe Israel’s offensive. The debate has fueled a brutal division among those who study mass violence A pair of reports published this month by Amnesty International and Human Rights...
In an interview with FRANCE 24 in Ankara, Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan discussed his country's position in the wake of the ouster of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. Fidan claimed that Turkey played no role in the Syrian rebel...
Military says the strikes aim to ‘disrupt and degrade’ Houthi operations such as attacks against US navy warships and merchant vessels The US military said it conducted precision airstrikes on Saturday against a missile storage facility...
U.S. officials have given the rebel group in control of Damascus a list of former members of the Assad government who could have information about Austin Tice.
The Food and Drug Administration plans to update its definition of "healthy" foods. Items that are high in saturated fat, sodium and added sugars no longer qualify.
An Islamist commander retraces his brigade’s march to seize the Syrian city Abu Obeida, the commander of the Northern Storm Brigade, left his mud-camouflaged Toyota running as he got out to inspect the dirt road running through the no...
The ancient city, an early stronghold of opposition to Bashar al-Assad’s oppressive regime, was ravaged by a government crackdown. New York Times correspondents in Homs spoke to people who were reacting to his fall with smiles and tears.
Israeli fighter jets have launched hundreds of airstrikes, while soldiers have seized a buffer zone and captured military posts in territory formerly under Syrian control.
The fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad came about following a series of coordinated offensive missions spearheaded by the Syrian opposition which resulted in the seizure of the capital city Damascus. In the days following the fall...
The Houthis have been attacking ships in the Red Sea for more than a year in what they have described as a campaign in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
Mazloum Abdi, the military leader of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), told FRANCE 24 that Turkey is "attacking" Syria's Kobani region under the guise of self-defence against the SDF. Abdi discussed his proposition to...
The Israeli military said several people were lightly injured after its air defenses failed to intercept the projectile, which struck a playground in the city.
Industries such as agriculture and construction rely on unauthorized immigration. But the people who hire undocumented workers rarely face repercussions.
This live blog is now closed, you can read more coverage of the Middle East here An article on the Israeli news site Walla, owned by the Jerusalem Post, revealed Israel has used civilian contractors to demolish buildings and build...
War Child hopes to provide a million children in the strip with basic aid and educational and mental health support. It’s their biggest emergency appeal yet Donate to our charity appeal here “They have many symptoms,” says Ibrahim,...
The outgoing U.S. national security advisor, Jake Sullivan, has been a top advisor and envoy to President Biden on issues of foreign policy. He talks to NPR about his view of recent events in the Middle East, the U.S. relationship with...
As the CDC confirmed a severe case in Louisiana of a patient hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in California related to the virus.
Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Sunday killed at least 20 people, including five children, Palestinian medical officials said.
In overthrowing Bashar al-Assad and his regime, Syria reaches the process of re-affirming its sovereignty, a process that the United Nations chief asserts must be led by the Syrian people. On Thursday, UN Secretary-General António...
Russian missiles hit Kyiv, the aftermath of the fall of Assad, Cyclone Chido in Mayotte and the Maasai Olympics: the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Continue reading...