To the contrary, Trump subsequently announced that Israel and Iran had agreed to a ceasefire after 12 days. Will the ceasefire pay off? Time will tell. Meanwhile, Trump pushed for negotiations, not ...

Still, this moment is fragile. Drone strikes and missile debris are reminders that regional tensions remain dangerously close ...

President Trump has persuaded Iran and Israel to accept a ceasefire that could pave the way for resumed talks on the future ...

"We should pay attention to this in our policy discussions," a former U.S. Central Command chief told Newsweek.

After one of the most brutal wars of this century, a new flag flies across Syria: the emblem of the rebels who toppled the dictator Bashar al-Assad. Ben Hubbard, The New York Times’s Istanbul bureau ...

After decades of dictatorship and 13 years of civil war, can Syria put itself back together? Our journalists traveled the ...

The European Union imposed on Monday an asset freeze and a ban on travel to the EU on five people linked with toppled Syrian ...

The results of Syria's parliamentary elections, announced Thursday, showed that President Bashar Assad's Baath Party has won a majority of seats, as expected.

Iranians have never been themselves since they ceased to be Persians, but it's never too late to reverse history. Now is the ...

America's joining Israel's war on Iran has put back Tehran's nuclewar ambitions for years but will further destabilise the ...

Along with signs of progress as Syria emerges from the devastation of a 13-year civil war and more than 50 years of ...

The fall of Bashar al-Assad last December did not erase the deep-rooted prejudices within Syrian society. Identity and political divisions remain vivid, and since January, sectarian clashes have been ...