A decadeslong history of violent conflict is among the reasons that countries in the region are opposed to providing a haven for the war-weary Gazans.

Syria’s Islamist leaders pledged to respect religious freedom despite their radical past. Many Christians and Shiites are ...

The fall of Bashar Assad in Syria has led Iran-allied factions in neighboring Iraq to reconsider their push for U.S. forces ...

Iraq's National Security Agency says it has arrested a former high-level security official for his involvement in the 1980 ...

Many in Iraq fear that IS could take advantage of the security vacuum to stage a comeback while Syria’s new leaders are still ...

The fall of Bashar Assad in Syria has led Iran-allied factions in neighboring Iraq to reconsider their push for U.S. forces to exit the country, multiple Iraqi and American officials told The ...

The Washington foreign policy establishment has an ingrained belief in its own brilliance and is all too willing to succumb ...

After the fall of the Assad regime, Syrians grasp for answers and a path to restoration under new president Ahmed al-Sharaa.

Amid historical changes in the balance of power in the Middle East, at least one thing remains constant: the strategic ...

Trump's plan to cut foreign aid will make it harder for Kurdish authorities to secure Syria's camps and prisons.

Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, has been named as Syria’s president for a transitional period.

Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq, collectively part of the Hashd al Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Units), face increasing calls to ...