France's highest court is ruling Friday on whether it can strip the head of state immunity of Bashar Assad, the former leader ...

If the judges at the Cour de Cassation lift Assad's immunity, it could pave the way for his trial in absentia over the use of ...

France's highest court is ruling on whether it can strip Bashar al-Assad, the former Syrian leader now in exile in Russia, of ...

The brilliant sights were still there, the tourists blissfully gone, and I walked into empty five-star hotels that accepted $50 for a room.I’d rightly determined that the Middle East hadn’t really ...

The US pulled out of that deal two years into President Donald Trump’s first term in 2018 and restored sanctions as part of a maximum pressure campaign. Now, European parties to the deal could do the ...

Even if it does not, the incident seems a grim turning-point in Syria’s transition. It has reinforced fears that the state is incapable of protecting minority groups. It may also have ripple effects ...

Beirut Lebanon’s top Druze spiritual leader Sheikh al Aql , Dr . Sami Abi Al-Mona, pointed out that “with the true reality in Sweida being revealed day after day, with the massive loss of life and ...

He might be Turkiye’s man, America’s man, the Gulf states’ man, or Israel’s man, but he is definitely not Syria’s man.

Its goals have not changed: acquire nuclear weapons, destroy Israel, dominate the Middle East and spread Islamism worldwide. American and Israel just slowed that down for now.The post Iran: Mission ...

A number of experts say they have never been more concerned about the state of international law. Powerful states like the US ...

Supporters of Israel’s aggressive strategy may argue that assertiveness will save Israel from fighting costly wars in the ...

Also in our car was Hwaida Saad, a longtime Lebanon reporter for The Times who had covered Syria in depth and with great ...