NPR's Michel Martin speaks to former diplomat Tom Shannon about what the Trump administration is planning next for Venezuela.

About 40 people are dead and more than 100 are injured after a fire ripped through a New Year's Eve party at a Swiss ski resort bar. Authorities are still investigating what caused the blaze.

Two U.S. soldiers and one civilian U.S. interpreter were killed in Syria. The two U.S. soldiers who were killed in an attack in Syria were members of the Iowa National Guard, state officials said over ...

A lone gunman killed two U.S. Army soldiers and a U.S. civilian interpreter in Syria on Saturday in an attack President Donald Trump said was conducted by the Islamic State. TOPSHOT - Fighters fire ...

An ISIS gunman attacked an American delegation in Palmyra, Syria, killing the soldiers and an American interpreter and leaving more injured. By Nicholas Slayton Published Dec 13, 2025 12:10 PM EST A ...

With Syria's new leadership emerging as a key partner for the White House one year after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, U.S. troops present in the country find themselves in the midst of a ...

Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa has accused Israel of exporting crises to other countries and “fighting ghosts,” amid persistent incursions and air strikes by Israeli forces into southern Syria.

The U.S. military said it has destroyed 15 sites containing Islamic State weapons caches in southern Syria. U.S. Central Command said it and Syrian forces identified and destroyed the storage ...

Netanyahu pledges support for Druze minority during visit Israel has expanded military presence in Syria post-Assad Syria demands return to original buffer zone, Israel refuses US-brokered talks for ...

Syria has just put a big Western flag in its gas patch. The state-owned Syrian Petroleum Company has signed a memorandum of understanding with ConocoPhillips and U.S.-based Novaterra to develop ...

What is happening in Syria? When the civil war ended in Syria in 2024, the country entered into a period of transition and recovery. Nearly a million former refugees have returned to Syria, and 1.9 ...

Large parts of Syria were once overrun by the terrorist group Islamic State. The country’s new government has just committed to a global effort to fight the group. By Carlotta Gall Carlotta Gall has ...