At a news conference this month, President-elect Donald Trump bragged, “We defeated ISIS.” It has been a point of pride for him, and it is true. In the first year of Trump’s first term, U.S. forces, working with Syrian Kurdish allies,

Their firestorms are not confined to the US but have spread internationally. Trump is provoking Mexico, Canada, and Denmark, while Musk is embroiling himself in German politics and calling for upheaval in the government of the UK.

An official with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said on Thursday the militant group would agree to leave northeastern Syria if the U.S.-allied Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) maintains a significant joint leadership role there.

Mouaz Moustafa says Gabbard’s response to Assad’s atrocities is a worrisome sign of how she’d serve as director of national intelligence.

President-elect Donald J. Trump has made big promises on Ukraine, Iran, China and crises around the globe. But he will have to make difficult choices.

When he enters the White House on Monday, President Trump will be faced with an unprecedented opportunity to reshape the region for the better.

Petraeus, a former CIA director and decorated 4-star Army general, spoke at an event in Salt Lake City on Friday.

So far, Shar’a has talked about pluralism and his wish for inclusivity, but his hands-off diplomacy with Baerbock has raised eyebrows — if nothing else, for raising questions about how women are likely to be treated in post-Assad Syria.

Many former members of the group, also known as ISIS, have had their British citizenship revoked including Shamima Begum

Mr Trump’s second term will not only be more disruptive than his first; it will also supplant a vision of foreign policy that has dominated America since the second world war. For decades American leaders have argued that their power comes with the responsibility to be the indispensable defender of a world made more stable and benign by democracy,

Allies of the president-elect can expect intense questioning when Senate confirmation hearings begin this week.

No president gets to choose the major crises that shape their legacies. Here are a few that may shape Donald Trump’s.