Ever since its revolution in 1979, Iran has cultivated a network of proxies and friends throughout the Middle East. For years, this strategy proved successful. Slowly but surely, Tehran’s “axis of ...

A group of Jews who left Syria decades ago wants sanctions relief for a government with former ties to Al Qaeda, despite ...

DANA STROUL is Director of Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and served as U.S. Deputy Assistant ...

The Syrian Foreign Ministry condemned Israel’s airstrikes on the country on April 3 after a night of strikes by Israel that ...

In latest wave of attacks, Israel strikes Damascus’s Barzeh neighbourhood and ‘military capabilities’ in Hama and Homs.

Following more than five decades of repression under the Assad regime, these artists are seizing the moment of cultural ...

Eid al-Fitr, the festival that marks the end of a month of fasting, is typically celebrated over two to three days. It is a ...

With the signing of an agreement between Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander ...

The announcement, delayed from its expected date of March 1, comes as international powers call for a genuine political ...

When Syria's new leaders shut 60 Damascus bars, drinkers protested, and the government reversed itself. It's an example of ...

Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt has accused Israel of exploiting followers of his minority faith in Syria as part of a ...

Here’s a look at ongoing civil war in Syria. Facts Bashar al-Assad ruled Syria as president from July 2000-December 2024. His father, Hafez al-Assad, ruled Syria from 1970-2000. The ongoing violence ...