Israel is interested in establishing formal diplomatic relations with long-standing adversaries Syria and Lebanon, but the ...

The fall of the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has opened a window for wealthy Gulf countries to expand their influence as ...

Let’s be careful, though. Sure, we don’t want to reject a hand that’s extended in peace, but we also can’t assume we’re ...

With direct military conflict underway, we must ask did sanctions just postpone the inevitable while allowing adversarial and tyrannical regimes the time to strengthen their military capabilities?

As Iran was a constitutional monarchy before the revolution, theocratic elements were effectively grafted on top of the ...

President Donald Trump on Monday formally dismantled US sanctions against Syria, hoping to reintegrate the war-battered ...

White House said the measure would protect US interests by preventing the resurgence of Islamic State and encouraging ...

The country remains of strategic importance in the Middle East and the fall of the Assad government meant that Iran lacked a ...

Trump’s Syria strategy aims to enable US military withdrawal while weakening Iran’s influence, pressuring Hezbollah, and ...

President Donald Trump on Monday lifted U.S. sanctions on Syria, signing an executive order to carry out a promise he made in May. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters ahead of ...

Much has yet to be resolved in the deconfliction talks between Turkey and Israel over Syria, but analysts and former ...

In a park overlooking Damascus, 25-year-old Khaldoun Hallak has spent the past few evenings with his friends, drinking yerba ...