The rapid fall of Syria’s autocratic ruler, Bashar al-Assad, this past weekend was one of the most consequential developments ...

If you have a mental map of the Middle East, rip it up. The overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria by a coalition of ...

Western governments are "quietly optimistic" about the sudden transition in Syria, but the militant past of its new Islamist leaders has left foreign capitals scrambling for a strategy and anxious ...

The Trump and Biden national security teams have come to an understanding that they have no choice but to work together as ...

But a funny thing happened on Trump's way back to the White House: The Biden and Trump national security teams have come to ...

Donald Trump doesn’t think much of Joe Biden’s foreign policy record. The Republican president-elect frequently casts the ...

It's not clear how much common ground those teams have found as they navigate crises that threaten to cause more global ...

Saudi Arabia will become the second Middle Eastern country to host a Fifa World Cup after the kingdom was confirmed as the ...

The rebel groups and foreign powers contending to shape the country’s future.

One expert has said Trump's strategy will aim to bankrupt the Tehran regime although the president-elect has said he wants to be "friendly" with Iran.