During a press conference, Secretary of State Antony Blinken also confirmed for the first time that the U.S. has made direct contact with the group that overthrew the Assad regime -- Hayat Tahrir ...

The ascendance of Sunni Islamist rebels in Syria should be viewed with great caution by Western powers, but the Assad ...

Iranian authorities have arrested a female singer who performed a virtual concert on YouTube, a lawyer said. Milad Panahipour, an Iranian ...

For decades, Iran poured money and military aid into Syria, backing the Assad regime in its ambition to confront Israel. Now ...

TEL AVIV, December 12. /TASS/. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Iranians in a video message with assurances that his country wants peace and said Iran will be free much "sooner than ...

When Hafez al-Assad, an Alawite minority member, seized control of the Ba'ath Party in Syria in 1970, he faced a significant ...

Shortly before Sunni Islamist-led rebels swept into the Syrian capital, Iran-backed guards fled their positions at the gates ...

Throughout history, women who protested against the state or were seen as trouble makers were dubbed ‘mentally ill’.

Islamic State militants seized large parts of Iraq and Syria in 2014, declaring a caliphate. The U.S. gathered a coalition of ...

Unlike the Sharia-fueled Syrian uprising against a secular regime, Iranians increasingly yearn for a true secular-oriented ...

COMMENT: Syrians have welcomed the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad but the celebrations may not last long as the war-torn ...

showing her sitting and briefly walking at Islamic Azad University in Tehran before stripping down to her underwear. The move sparked harsh reactions from officials in Iran, where covering the ...