The fall of the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has opened a window for wealthy Gulf countries to expand their influence as ...

Thomas J. Barrack Jr., the U.S. ambassador to Turkey, says Washington is facilitating the discussions and prioritizing ...

Reports indicate that the decision will not remove sanctions on former President Bashar al-Assad, his senior aides, family ...

White House said the measure would protect US interests by preventing the resurgence of Islamic State and encouraging ...

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

This brings us back to Syria. Which will gain nothing from normalizing ties with Israel but will sacrifice the nation’s very ...

Another sign that Syria is moving in positive directions occurred during the Israel-Iran war. As Arab governments lambasted Israel’s air campaign, Syria refrained from issuing a single formal ...

The forces are present in areas from the summit of Mount Hermon all the way to the border triangle between Syria, Jordan and Israel, the IDF confirmed.

President Trump signed an executive order on Monday rescinding most U.S. sanctions imposed on Syria since the 1970s, a major ...

Tunisia, where the Arab Spring began, did not wait or depend on external forces to engineer a change. It was implemented by Tunisians themselves. Any Iranian Spring, too, must begin in Iran.

During Syria’s civil war, the Islamic State captured a large chunk of eastern Syrian and ruled over it for years. A U.S.-led international coalition, partnering with a Kurdish-led Syrian militia, ...