Syria

Reza Pahlavi, the son of the last shah, tells POLITICO the West must create a “strike fund” to support civil resistance and paralyze the government.

Gerald Knaus analysiert im Gespräch mit Gordon Repinski den neuen Koalitionsvertrag und benennt konkret, was eine echte Migrationswende ermöglichen könnte – und was bloß Symbolpolitik bleibt.  Es …

The withdrawal of aid by the U.S. and Europe could feed extremism and lead to a surge in emigration, experts warn.

Key security fund — whose schemes range from stopping ISIS recruitment to clearing deadly mines in Sri Lanka — faces uncertain future after cut to aid spending.

With an $8.1 billion shortfall and the U.S. leading other Western countries in pulling support, the World Food Programme is making drastic aid cuts and scrambling to find donors.

With the stench of rebellion hanging around the tearooms of SW1 after ministers announced fresh welfare cuts, this week host Patrick Baker explores the backbench revolts of years past, …

Germany, Spain and Italy were the top destinations for asylum-seekers.

In a wide-ranging interview, Mette Frederiksen says she considers “mass migration … as a threat to the daily life in Europe.”

55,000 Islamic State-linked detainees are being held in Al Hol and Roj camps in northeastern Syria.

The bloc has spearheaded efforts to restore diplomatic ties with Damascus in recent months.

The attacks are the largest foreign military action taken to date by the Trump administration.

Abu Khadija was considered “one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world,” Iraqi prime minister says.

The country’s post-Assad leadership calls for national unity as violence escalates.

Move hailed as a “historic opportunity,” but the group fighting for Kurdish independence stopped short of declaring its dissolution.

Time is running out to disrupt Tehran’s nuclear program, the Israeli foreign minister said.

The relief aims to support “an inclusive political transition in Syria,” says Council of the European Union.

One in five voters in the German election favored the far right. The AfD leader’s dramatic rise terrifies many of the others.

Labour MPs — and opposition lawmakers too — are asking for a parliamentary say on any British escalation.