The optimism about changes in Syria should be tempered by a look at what is in, and what's out, in the new regime's schoolbooks.

Recent months have brought considerable optimism about the changes in Syria since the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad. President Trump has met with the new Syrian leader, Ahmed al-Shaara, U.S ...

The U.S. military has about 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria. They are working with local forces to prevent a resurgence of the Islamic State.

U.S. defense officials said this week that the Pentagon planned to cut the roughly 2,000 U.S. forces based in Syria by half in coming weeks and consolidate its outposts there.

Thomas J. Barrack Jr., the U.S. ambassador to Turkey, says Washington is facilitating the discussions and prioritizing economic development over nation-building in the Middle East.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would order the lifting of sanctions on Syria at the behest of Saudi Arabia's crown prince, a major U.S. policy shift ahead of an expected meeting with ...

Commanders have recommended keeping at least 500 U.S. troops in Syria, one of the officials said. President Trump, however, has expressed deep skepticism about keeping any U.S. troops in the country.

As his administration begins to draw down U.S. troops based in Syria and has stopped some humanitarian aid programs to the war-battered country, President Donald Trump is increasingly at odds with ...

President Donald Trump last week announced he would normalize U.S. relations with Syria by lifting decades-old sanctions, and he became the first American president to meet with the leader of the ...

However, explains Ahmed, while the thawing of relationships between the U.S. and Arab states has the added effect of divergence from tight-knit U.S.-Israel coordination, these changes can be ...

Risk-off sentiment was being driven by rising geopolitical tension and continued concerns around U.S. trade policy. Photo: angela weiss/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images ...