Tom Barrack

Opinion polls show support for his Likud party stagnating or even declining, while the main opposition party is steadily rising

US-backed force that battled Daesh absorbed into Damascus command structure

The United States also removed Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham's (HTS) designation as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist" (SDGT)

Barrack made the original remarks on Friday during an interview with Lebanese-Australian entrepreneur Mario Nawfal

Tom Barrack, the United States ambassador to Turkiye and its special envoy to Syria, has accused Israel of offering no warning before carrying out military strikes in Syria this week, though Israeli officials insisted it did

Jerusalem warns Ankara against widening Syria role while backing Hamas, Hezbollah

US condemns Israeli raid as escalation amid Syria talks and Golan occupation dispute

The strikes early Tuesday caused material damage without inflicting any casualties, Syrian state TV reported

US businessman Ibrahim Khaldoon Hilmi is accused of orchestrating a $3.7bn Medicare fraud scheme, following what FBI director Kash Patel has called one of the biggest healthcare fraud investigations in US history

Spokesperson Haider al-Aboudi described the visit as an effort "to enhance the ‌Iraqi-U.S. partnership based on mutual interests."

Graham obliged, plunking himself down in different chairs and telling Trump which one he liked best

Indeed, despite a bombastic proclamation of unprecedented peace-making achievements, unequivocally durable results are lamentably few and far between

After departing from their training camp in Turkey a day earlier, the Iran team landed around 5am (1pm BST) on Sunday in the Mexican border city of Tijuana

Hezbollah did not immediately claim responsibility for firing at Israel

People check destroyed apartments that where hit by an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut

Hezbollah did not immediately claim responsibility for firing at Israel

Hezbollah has released new footage claiming to show an Ababil drone striking an Israeli Merkava tank in southern Lebanon, days after rejecting a U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal

The Iranian Football Federation's secretary-general, Hedayat Mombeini, and its vice president, Mehdi Mohammad Nabi, were among 14 backroom staff and officials without US visas before games in Los Angeles and Seattle, according to Iranian state television

The ministry also accused Iran of violating UN Security Council Resolution 2817 (2026), which condemned Iranian attacks and attempts to disrupt international maritime navigation or close the Strait of Hormuz

The unease captures one of the most fraught flashpoints of a World Cup already burdened by high ticket prices, transportation woes and other political tensions at home and abroad

It has largely been moved in that direction with the guidance of Turkey, the northern neighbor of Iraq and Syria

Partial cabinet takes office as Iraq’s parliament delays key security posts

Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to lead a team of United States negotiators in Islamabad on Tuesday for talks with Iran aimed at ending their war, even though Tehran is yet to confirm its participation in this latest round of negotiations

Governor Davut Gul confirmed his killing during the attack that took place at around 12.15pm — just hours before US President Donald Trump's looming deadline for Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz is set to expire

Once considered a taboo sector to funnel money into by venture capitalists, defense tech has seen a remarkable shift over the past few years

Exacerbating tensions is the fact that the war has struck during a precarious power vacuum in Iraq after the caretaker leader Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, whose coalition won the largest share of seats in November’s parliamentary elections, stepped aside

But, experts say, Iraq's situation is way more complicated than that

Syria’s Kurds to end self-rule after deal with Damascus

When the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced they would withdraw from the northeastern Syrian cities of Raqqa and Deir Az Zor on January 18, images immediately began to spread of spontaneous celebrations from populations in the two Arab-majority cities

US mediators want to firm up ceasefire, see SDF integrate

The Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) held around a quarter of the country and many critical resources — but were forced out of much of it within days

The old world order is dead because Western universalists destroyed it

U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) deploy with armored military vehicles to secure roads leading to Gweiran Prison, which houses men accused of being ISIL terrorists in Hassakeh, northeastern Syria

The incident has highlighted lingering security concerns for Washington in the wake of Syria's brutal civil war

His administration views this process as necessary step toward achieving national unity, while the SDF worries about the future of its people who have lived in a virtually autonomous region through much of Syria's civil war, which erupted in 2011

Syria gives Kurds four days to accept integration as US signals end of support

Turkey views the SDF as a terrorist organisation linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group

Ever since former dictator Bashar al-Assad was rushed out of Damascus as his hollowed-out dynastic regime collapsed in December 2024, Syria has existed somewhere between hope and anguish

Syria's Interior Ministry accused the U.S.-backed Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) of allowing about 120 ISIS detainees to escape from the Al-Shaddadi prison — which is less than two miles from an American military base — during attempts by government forces to seize control of the facility

Syrian army forces were meanwhile reported to be advancing toward Ain al-Arab

Israel must now navigate a dangerous northern front where the "Victory Doctrine" of its neighbors-specifically Turkey-has succeeded in replacing a pluralistic buffer with a centralized Islamist-aligned cage

US Central Command (CENTCOM) on Friday conducted a strike in northwest Syria, eliminating an Al-Qaeda terrorist with ties to the ISIS, CENTCOM reported Saturday

CENTCOM shared grainy black and white footage of explosions and reiterated its commitment to “rooting out Islamic terrorism” and protecting partners in the region

Move aimed to prevent slide towards a new military escalation in 3 neighborhoods

US Special Envoy to Syria Ambassador Tom Barrack on Thursday issued a statement expressing grave concern over developments in Aleppo’s Ashrafiyeh and Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhoods, calling on all parties to immediately de-escalate and prioritize the protection of civilians

The Lebanese cabinet tasked the military in August with formulating a plan to remove Hezbollah’s arms by the end of 2025 in accordance with a plan put forward by the United States