DNI nominee Tulsi Gabbard faced heavy lines of questioning from lawmakers skeptical of her past endorsement of NSA leaker ...

Among the topics that have come up: her stance on an electronic surveillance program, her push to drop charges against Edward ...

Among the topics that came up: her stance on an electronic surveillance program, her push to drop charges against Edward ...

A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 ...

Bashar-al Assad fled the country on December 8 to take refuge in the Russian capital, where he owns several luxury apartments ...

President Ahmed al-Shara vowed to be inclusive, but the way crucial decisions have been made has left some Syrians wary.

Officers say the move aims to instil a sense of morality as they race to fill a security vacuum after dismantling ousted president Bashar al-Assad's notoriously corrupt and brutal security forces.