Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has tapped dozens of former rebels for high-ranking army positions, several of whom are foreign fighters, a war monitor and experts said on Monday.
The stock market slid on the penultimate trading day of the year, as hopes for a Santa Claus rally continued to fade. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 418 points, or 1%. The S&P 500 was down 1.1% ...