The ambassador's missteps reflect a poor grasp of the region’s complex dynamics and jeopardize opportunities for peace ...

A video clip circulating on social media in recent months shows Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Shara, astride a handsome ...

In 1985, Sinwar’s mentor and Hamas’s founder, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, found his freedom the same way: Israel traded him and 1,150 other security prisoners for three captured IDF soldiers.Jerusalem’s ...

US policy is to have one Syria and one army there and not support federalism. US Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack has a clear ...

A confidential UN report has found no active ties this year between Al Qaeda and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Islamist ...

United Nations sanctions monitors have seen no "active ties" this year between Al Qaeda and the Islamist group leading ...

The man President Donald Trump hailed as a “tough guy” who will bring stability to Syria is empowering extremists tied to Al ...

Welcome back to Al-Monitor Israel.Israeli officials are divided over whether to seize the moment and pursue a security ...

Everyone seems to agree that ISIS is digging up and selling archaeological artifacts to make money. But no one seems to agree on how much money it’s actually making from its illegal antiquities trade: ...

The longtime enemies have opened contacts, reflecting a power shift across a Middle East in which they have newfound common ...

The State Department revoked the terrorist designation of Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham, a group headed by the country’s new ...