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 ...

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 ...

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 ...