The regime set up by Hafez al-Assad after the coup d'état of November 13, 1970, had only one objective: Its own continuity, ...

A hmed al-Sharaa, Syria’s president, spoke to The Economist on January 31st in Damascus. The conversation has been translated ...

Netanyahu will be the first foreign leader to visit Donald Trump since he was inaugurated as president in January, amid a new ...

As Syria recovers from 13 years of civil war and five decades under the Assad regime, its citizens face the daunting task of ...

NICOLE GRAJEWSKI is a Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and an Associate with the Project on Managing the Atom at the Harvard Kennedy School. She ...

Military reserve forces in the Middle East make up an important component of any army within the region. These units provide additional manpower and capabilities to regular military forces, should the ...

Lebanon's people and health-care system have yet again endured devastating attacks as the war on Gaza extended into Lebanon. Since October, 2023, Israeli attacks on Lebanon have resulted in more than ...

Analysis: With the withdrawal deadline from south Lebanon extended, there are fears that Israel is imposing new realities on ...

Lebanon’s new government should prioritize protecting and promoting human rights, accountability, transparency, and the rule of law, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to new prime ...

In 2015, Gabbard was part of a congressional trip led by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., to the Turkish-Syrian border to see the ...

The election of President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam is a political breakthrough in Lebanon and a harbinger ...

For the ceasefire to succeed, the Beirut must take decisive action to disarm Hezbollah and assert its authority, including closing its banks.