Historically Syria was a Soviet ally before also building close ties with Iran, hence its pivot towards the United States is ...

As Israeli airstrikes continue, a contentious border wall threatens to push the Lebanon ceasefire to breaking point ...

Commentary: An Israeli drone strike last night in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese media. What is actually happening ...

For the first time in seven years, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman is returning to Washington, DC, this week. It is ...

Across the blood-soaked plains of northern Nigeria, the world is witnessing a genocide that few dare to name. Christian villages are wiped out ...

The government has reached a point where it is moving entirely in the direction of the US, first in Syria and then in ...

Assad, ending over 60 years of Baath party rule in Syria, the country’s authorities have an unprecedented opportunity to ...

The Kurdish political scene in the Middle East is no longer synonymous solely with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK); today, Kurdish presence in the ...

Syrian recognition of the Golan as Israeli enables Israel to diplomatically get the label occupied removed in many countries, ...

Pushed toward an agreement with ex-jihadi Syrian president, a wary Jerusalem seeks to at least secure its border, protect the Druze and perhaps contain Turkey along the way ...

Ta’aliq—“to hang” in Arabic—is Iraqi slang for a torture technique that hoists victims into the air, their hands handcuffed ...

The paramilitary force has grown richer and more institutionalized, yet lost the mythic leadership, strategic agility, and ...