The Irrawaddy looks back at the key players that shaped Myanmar in 2024, a year in which the junta suffered serious military ...

Belarus, under dictator Alexander Lukashenko, continued to descend into totalitarianism, imprisoning people at will and ...

The UN envoy to Syria called on Wednesday for "free and fair" elections after the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad, ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli troops will occupy a buffer zone inside Syria for the foreseeable ...

Hezbollah was officially deemed a terrorist group in 2021 before laws were introduced in January prohibiting the public display of symbols or flags of terrorist organisations. The eastern suburbs ...

Video shows long convoy of military vehicles, some with Russian flags, on highway north of Damascus. Video credit: Video obtained by Reuters. Another Democrat flips Republican in Texas border ...

Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), has become Syria’s new strongman, replacing the Alawite regime of Bashar al-Assad. Once a partner of al Qaeda, Jolani now speaks the ...

The US, South Korea and Ukraine have accused North Korea of sending more than 10,000 troops to aid Russia’s war effort. The Pentagon says the troops have largely been deployed to Russia’s ...

An ethnic armed group ... A video released by the group showed men appearing to be surrendered Myanmar security forces walking out of damaged buildings, holding white flags and white pieces ...

Ukraine is battling against a “prevailing” Russia in the eastern Donetsk region, Kyiv’s military chief has admitted, as Vladimir Putin’s forces look to secure as much territory as possible before US ...