Jared Malsin

A Damascus court sentenced former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and other officials from his fallen regime to death after convicting them of

U.S. forces fired on a Panama-flagged ship that attempted to run the American blockade of Iranian ports early Tuesday, a U.S. official said, stepping

The rebels have stepped up attacks near the Bab al-Mandeb Strait and shut down operations at a strategic seaport in recent days

Yemen's Iranian-allied Houthi rebels are escalating attacks along the country's Red Sea coast, shutting down operations at a strategic seaport and

Syria has given international inspectors access to a recently disclosed site containing nuclear material from the Assad-era program.

Syria took a major step in clearing up its one-time suspected nuclear weapons program, allowing U.N. atomic inspectors to verify nuclear material believed to have been stored in the country for at least two decades.

A convoy of three vehicles ferried workers with aid group World Central Kitchen along the Gaza Strip 's coastal road on Monday night.

Russia, North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela have all deployed repression and myriad sanctions-busting tools to resist even heavy Western pressure.

Last week, the Trump administration unveiled what it billed as an “Economic D-Day” aimed at forcing Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and return to the negotiating table.

Russia, North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela have all deployed repression and myriad sanctions-busting tools to resist even heavy Western pressure.