The new construction, visible in satellite imagery, suggests an extended presence. Israel says its forces will stay as long ...

In an interview, Murhaf Abu Qasra, a onetime leader in Syria’s insurgency, discussed moves by authorities in Damascus to ...

Middle East expert Eva J. Koulouriotis states that Ankara has found common ground with the jihadist group HTS, which has taken control in Syria, particularly regarding the eastern Euphrates. According ...

Without meaningful steps from Tel Aviv, normalisation is a non-starter - but after years of war, Damascus cannot afford a ...

U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus said she was "not afraid" of Iran-backed Hezbollah because it ...

Three more Israeli hostages have returned to Israel after being released by Hamas. Eli Sharabi, 52, Ohad Ben Ami, 56, and Or ...

The discussions in Ankara will include establishing Turkish airbases in central Syria and training for Syria's new army.

The head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), a global non-proliferation agency, will meet Syrian officials in Damascus on Saturday, three sources familiar with the ...

The regime set up by Hafez al-Assad after the coup d'état of November 13, 1970, had only one objective: Its own continuity, ...

Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R–S.C.) has finally found a war he doesn't like. During a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday night, ...

Amid the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf War and talks with Israel, Hafez al-Assad's top priority was ...