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Over the first quarter of this century, Iran has been involved in four major regional conflicts in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and ...

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

DAMASCUS—For days, Syrians have watched as Iranian missiles and Israeli interceptors light up the skies over their territory, ...

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) was adopted in 1979 by the United ...

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

Iran started a war against the United States and Israel in 1979, and this past week was just its most recent episode.The post Iran started war against the West in ...

Israel has justified the attack by claiming that Iran was on a verge of a “breakout” in its nuclear programme. This means it ...

A Middle East expert weighs in on Iran's retaliatory targets after the Trump administration's surprise strikes against three ...