President Bashar al-Assad has used the threat of U.S. attack as an opportunity for a campaign that portrays him as a steely commander-in-chief who will be the best guarantor against the destruction of ...

Syria's economy is growing much faster than the World Bank's 1% estimate for 2025 as refugees flow back after the end of a 14 ...

A United Nations Security Council delegation has visited Syria for the first time since the council's founding in 1945.

Less than six months after the Israeli and US airstrikes inside Iranian territory, Beijing’s ties with Tehran have not ...

From February to October, Iran also looked to deepen diplomatic relations with Sierra Leone by holding bilateral meetings with the West African nation. Apart from attempting to access uranium, Tehran ...

The Middle East is a place that most American presidents want to avoid. Yet inevitably, they find themselves mired in its quarrels. Despite periodic calls for a pivot toward other geostrategic ...

For over a decade, U.N. aid agencies poured millions into the company despite warnings from human rights advocates.

The United States has inaugurated a massive new consulate compound in Irbil, the capital of northern Iraq’s Kurdish region.

In a turn few in Washington would have […] ...

The U.S. proposal to establish a military presence at an airbase near Damascus is a welcome sign of deepening cooperation ...

Please join the Middle East Institute (MEI) for a half-day conference focused on Syria one year into its historic transition.

In northeastern Syria, a growing community of artists—dancers, musicians, filmmakers—fights to preserve the region’s diverse ...