Djibouti has remained neutral on the war, as one of the Middle Eastern countries furthest from the conflict. Israel, which has a northern border with Syria, also remains neutral. While Lebanon's ...

If you have a mental map of the Middle East, rip it up ... Chechens, Uighurs, Uzbeks, and other outsiders flooded into Syria. “The time has come for President Assad to step aside,” President ...

In the last few days, Israel has launched more than 480 air attacks on Syria. At the same time, it has moved its ... of “changing the face of the Middle East” has found ready echoes across ...

The move comes as the new authorities in both Lebanon and Syria work to ensure border security and better relations.

Syria may not be to blame for everything troublesome in the Middle East these days ... Contact us at [email protected] ...

His focus is on East Asian politics ... governance structure of the emerging post-Assad Syria," Dr. Burcu Ozcelik, Senior Research Fellow in Middle East Security at the Royal United Services ...

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday had tea with a former jihadist who until recently had a $10 million US bounty on his head.

"This is a historic opportunity, and it would be a shame if the U.S. lost it," Natasha Hall, senior fellow with the Middle East Program ... some point. "Syria now, for the first time, has a ...

The swift downfall of Bashar al-Assad is reverberating in Syria ... Middle East Institute in Washington. "This is a moment where Iran's regional strategy has been dealt a huge blow, and at a time ...

“Syria is the barometer for how power dynamics in the region are changing,” said Mona Yacoubian, head of the Middle East and North ... its influence at a time when Iran was beleaguered ...