"What is happening in Aleppo is terrible, and one should not worry excessively about whether to classify the atrocities as genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity," Naimark said in an email.

From the back seat of the taxi, I watch as the speedometer hovers over the 120mph mark. I’ve just arrived in Tunisia, and instinctively, I reach for the seatbelt, only to find it’s missing in ...

Saudi Ambassador to Tunisia Dr. Abdulaziz bin Ali Al-Saqr met at the embassy headquarters with US Ambassador to Tunisia Joey ...

SFAX, Tunisia – Dressed in a dark suit and bow tie, his hair neatly combed to one side, 30-year-old Syrian refugee Chawket Cheikh Mohammed smiles warmly as the guests congratulate him and his new wife ...

Though excitement and frenzy were on full display in some parts of Aleppo, the city is still gripped by uncertainty after the sudden end of a 13-year civil war.

Aleppo had a prewar population of more than two million people; ... (Tunisia, Bangladesh, Egypt, Turkey)—by Islamist terrorists has, at the same time, become a terrifyingly frequent occurrence.

Syria’s antigovernment forces claimed a stunning advance into Aleppo, in a setback for the government in Damascus and its allies Russia and Iran.

BEIRUT — For years, the people of Aleppo bore the brunt of bombardment and fighting when their city, once Syria’s largest and most cosmopolitan, was among the civil war’s fiercest battle zones.

SHERLOCK: He's saying, "you know, honestly, the feeling is indescribable" and that he's been in Aleppo celebrating the takeover. All this happened in just over 72 hours after years of stalemate.

Syrian rebels have taken parts of Aleppo. What does that mean for the war? NPR's Eric Deggans speaks with Dareen Khalifa of the International Crisis Group about Syrian rebels taking control of ...