The Middle East's regional powers had been pursuing reconciliation. Syria's post-Assad transition will put that to the test. The post Post-Assad Syria Will Test Turkey's Thaw With the Gulf States appeared first on World Politics Review.

The Assad family's autocratic rule created interwoven challenges for Syrian society. They will now need to be addressed to create any sort of stability in the country. The post Syria's Civil War Gives Way to the Post-Assad Era appeared first on World Politics Review.

In his first comments from exile in Moscow, the deposed dictator pushes back against criticism that he abandoned supporters.

DAMASCUS, Syria — The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based war monitor, reported early Monday that Israeli airstrikes pounded missile warehouses and other former Syrian army sites along Syria’s coast in the “most violent strikes in the Syrian coast region since the beginning of the (Israeli) strikes in 2012.”

Palestinian health officials say the death toll from the Israel-Hamas war, now in its 14th month, topped 45,000 people

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday night released a video in Hebrew addressing Israel's actions in Syria. He says he discussed this with President-Elect Trump "last night." He called it a "very friendly,