Russia clearly wanted to pivot to work with Sharaa. It likely extended feelers long ago, recognizing HTS as a potential ...

In December 2004, Jordan’s King Abdullah first warned the world of the emergence of a Sh’ia crescent that could destabilize ...

Nearly a year after the fall of the Assad regime, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa discusses a fast-changing Middle East and ...

Trump celebrated the apparent destruction of Iran's nuclear program by the U.S. and Israel, and urged Tehran to make peace.

As Syria’s regime collapsed, the world’s eyes were on Bashar al-Assad’s getaway flight. Behind him, officials key to his ...

Gaza’s future hangs in the balance. But while a fragile ceasefire holds, it looks like Israel has lost influence over the ...

In late 2015, the Kremlin achieved a key victory when it launched a military intervention in Syria to rescue then-Syrian ...

Nowadays, a range of slogans are being raised about the upcoming elections. Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ...

Donald Trump doesn't start wars, but in ending Hamas's reign of terror in Gaza, he's showing how to prevent them from ever beginning at all.

It’s rare in peace negotiations for one party to be literally given an ultimatum to sign a deal. That, precisely, was what happened – Trump all but put a gun to the head of Hamas. And unlike Hamas, ...

Russia is mediating between Iran and Israel while Donald Trump tries to remake the Middle East with the US-backed Gaza peace ...