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Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, said he had ordered troops to “take over” the zone between his country and Syria.

Thousands who fled during the country’s civil war celebrated the toppling of the Assad government — and their long-awaited return home — at the Syria-Lebanon border crossing.

Many people want to determine the fates of loved ones who disappeared into a notorious military prison that was a symbol of human rights abuses under President Bashar al-Assad.

The tally differs sharply from estimates by U.S. officials and military analysts, who have said the number is closer to 70,000.

A presidential election has been called off, but the discontent that propelled the surging campaign of a rightist firebrand rages on.

President Bashar al-Assad’s immediate location was not initially clear after rebels took control of Syria’s capital. Russia’s Foreign Ministry did not provide details on where he had gone, saying only that he had resigned and left the country.

For years, people lived in terror of airstrikes by Syrian and Russian planes that helped keep the country’s authoritarian leader in power.

Abu Mohammad al-Jolani spearheaded a lightning assault that led to the fall of President Bashar al-Assad.

A British group is pushing for more companies to offer their workers shorter hours. Here’s what it looks like for two companies willing to test it out.

Smartphone apps downloaded from Apple and Google can allow parents and other abusers to connect with pedophiles who pay to watch — and direct — criminal behavior.