American officials are scrambling to head off a new nightmare scenario in Syria: a major terrorist jailbreak. Thousands of Islamic State group fighters and their families remain in makeshift prisons, watched over by U.S.-backed Kurdish forces with limited weapons. The prisons were supposed to be temporary, but their home countries …

The leader of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Islamist rebel group that spearheaded the ouster of the Bashar al-Assad regime, said Tuesday that Syria’s rebel factions will be dissolved, with all fighters uniting under the country’s Defense Ministry. “Syria must remain united, and there must be a social contract between …

Turkey has mediated an agreement between Ethiopia and Somalia, ending nearly a decade-long rivalry between the two African nations. While the deal is a welcome development for regional stability, Turkey’s mediation complicates Egypt’s regional strategy, as Cairo remains actively engaged in this conflict. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hailed the …