The longtime enemies have opened contacts, reflecting a power shift across a Middle East in which they have newfound common ...

President Trump signed an executive order this week lifting most sanctions on Syria. Ahead of that action, U.S. officials ...

President Trump eases most sanctions against Syria in a move to reclaim regional leverage, counter Iranian influence, and ...

Welcome back to Al-Monitor Israel.Israeli officials are divided over whether to seize the moment and pursue a security ...

Two weeks after America’s unprecedented military strikes into Iran, the situation in the Middle East has stabilized and focus ...

JAMES JEFFREY served as a Foreign Service Officer in seven U.S. administrations, including, during the first Trump ...

Welcome back to the Daily Briefing.  This is Adam Lucente, filling in for Gabrielle.  In today’s edition:  Trump makes ...

The strikes are a sign of Israel’s shift away from restraint, containment and short wars, and toward using force to project power across the Middle East.

Arms have been central to Hezbollah's doctrine since it was founded by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to fight ...

Trump declares total ceasefire in ‘12-day war’; Iran vows to stop attacks if Israel does - Iran and Israel have not commented yet on Donald Trump’s claim that a ceasefire has been agreed ...

As Israeli attacks on Iran, and Tehran’s retaliatory strikes, enter their sixth day, the deepening conflict is sparking fears ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Israel and Iran had agreed to a "complete and total ceasefire" soon after Iran launched a limited missile attack Monday on a U.S. military base in Qatar, retaliating ...