The blue-helmeted United Nations peacekeepers are mostly gone, replaced by thousands of Israeli troops in nine new bases with ...

roles that have little to do with peacekeeping. These troops are being kept in Syria to continue fighting an open-ended, unauthorized war. There aren’t very many of them, but there are just ...

Israel had already said the day before, as the Islamist-led rebels swiftly advanced across Syria, that its soldiers entered the UN-patrolled buffer zone to assist peacekeepers in repelling an attack.

The choice of cabinet officials was seen as a litmus test for whether the rebels who ousted Bashar al-Assad would deliver on ...

because the Syrian people are not the only cause or reason for what happened, and they certainly cannot start again on its own.” Deploying “UN peacekeepers in sensitive areas is also part of ...

Beyond Syria, Hezbollah is also facing growing challenges ... a former Lebanese government coordinator with the United Nations Interim Force peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, said "there is no ...

In a draft resolution, the Arab League on Sunday called on the UN to send peacekeepers to Syria. It also advocates strengthening economic sanctions against that country. The AL calls for the ...

France and Australia said on Tuesday they would support Washington's plans for a US-led peacekeeping force in Syria, to allow some American troops to withdraw from the country. France and ...

Israeli troops have also been stationed inside the buffer zone along the Israel-Syria border, which was manned by UN peacekeepers until the fall of Assad’s regime in December 2024. On Tuesday ...

Russian peacekeepers have helped five more refugees ... deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria (a division of the Russian defense ministry), said.

Russian military presence in Syria makes a tangible contribution ... Also, he thanked the Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh for their professionalism, self-control and endurance.

Simon Constable and Joe Lauria discuss the abduction of 20 U.N. peacekeepers, and David Wessel looks at what economic tips Germany can pick up from China. Photo: Getty Images.