Iran’s decades-long strategic partnership with Syria has collapsed in the year since Bashar al-Assad’s fall, leaving Tehran ...

The revolution in Syria began in March 2011 as the Arab Spring brought hope and uncertainty to the Middle East. What started ...

This backgrounder provides an overview of the Axis of Resistance, a loosely aligned network of armed groups and state actors ...

Just six months after the Trump administration said it would begin drawing down U.S. forces in Syria, the U.S. confirmed this week it will also begin reducing the number of U.S. forces in Iraq under ...

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BEIRUT (AP) — British forces on Saturday joined their American allies in new attacks against militia in Yemen. The U.S. military earlier launched strikes on dozens of sites manned by Iran-backed ...

As city after city fell to a lightning rebel offensive in Syria last December, Iranian forces and diplomats supporting Bashar ...

Israel appears to have little choice but to undertake preemptive action to signal that a Houthi entrenchment in Syria will not be tolerated.

Israel appears to be signaling its intent to escalate its military and intelligence campaigns inside Syria, as its honeymoon ...

Syria and Lebanon have become two pivotal arenas for understanding the future trajectory of the Middle East. Both are fractured states—economically, socially, and politically—with only partial ...

Israel's simultaneous push for peace and ongoing attacks in Syria are putting the country's brand-new leader to the test, threatening to undermine his nascent rule as the hardline Islamist fighters ...