UK envoy to Syria shuns headscarf in photos with Mohammed al-Jolani, despite rebel leader previously refusing ... At the French embassy, France’s national flag was raised for the first time ...

The leader of the rebel coalition that swept to power last week said that fighters would be brought under the defense ministry’s authority. It was not immediately clear how that would be achieved.

A Washington native and his creative firm were chosen as a top-10 finalist for the Illinois state flag design contest. Clanin Creative submitted eight designs, and one was chosen out of roughly ...

The United States has made "direct contact" with the Syrian rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a press conference in Aqaba, Jordan on Saturday.

A challenge I’ve been pondering since Tuesday afternoon is the precise way to convey the sound of a sad trombone in print. On Monday, the Illinois Flag Commission met to select 10 finalists from ...

Illinois may be getting a new state flag next year, thanks to a public vote on 10 new flag design proposals that is scheduled for January. Nearly 5,000 entries were submitted to the Illinois Flag ...

Credit: AP Why are the rebels using it? The three-star flag design was brought back into use by the Free Syrian Army, a rebel group which formed in 2011 to oppose Assad's regime. Given its ...

The top 10 designs for a new possible state flag may surprise you. One has a butterfly on it. Others nod to Chicago, the Mississippi River and other Illinois waterways, Abraham Lincoln ...

Syrian rebel leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, better known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, told Reuters Wednesday that the jihadist group he leads, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), is working with international ...

Starting next month, you can vote to adopt one of these new designs or to stick with the current flag. The results will be sent to state lawmakers, who will cast their own votes. You can click ...

Since Sharaa's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group swept Bashar al-Assad from power on Sunday at the head of a rebel alliance ... black and white flag flown by opponents of Assad throughout the ...

On Wednesday, rebel fighters held up their flag as they stood atop the charred and destroyed mausoleum of Hafez al-Assad, from whom Bashar al-Assad inherited power. In the heart of the capital ...