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 ...

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

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 ...

"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 ...

Russian and Syrian warplanes targeted civilian areas held by opposition fighters in Syria. It comes days after rebels swept into parts of northwestern Syria that the regime had controlled for years.

“At the same time ... head of the Middle East and North Africa program at Chatham House, a London-based research institute. That is “what distinguishes this moment for Syria,” she said.