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U.S. officials said sanctions against targets such as its central bank would end, but they would remain on Syria’s former ...

Israel’s June 2025 campaign wasn’t a repeat of 1967, but it carried the same spirit of preemption, speed, and strategic transformation.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu likes to remind his country and the world that in the disorienting first days after ...

In the wake of the American attacks, calls came from across the globe for de-escalation and the return to diplomacy to try ...

The U.S. military's strike on three sites in Iran raised urgent questions Sunday about what remains of Tehran’s nuclear program and how its weakened military might respond ...

In the wake of a U.S. pullout from Paris, the key players in making sure the world still makes progress in addressing the unfolding challenge will be Europe, China, and India. China is poised to ...

The Syrian government has deployed forces to a key dam in northern Syria, taking over from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) following an agreement.

Syria President Bashar al-Assad's 24-year rule was dangling by a thread after rebels announced they gained full control over the key city of Homs.

Assad, who ruled Syria for 24 years, fled to Russia in early December after a lightning two-week military campaign by rebel forces. This threw Russia's hold on the bases — described by Andreas ...

Turkey, which shares a 910-kilometer (565-mile) border with Syria, views the Syrian Kurdish militias that make up the key component of the U.S.-allied, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF ...