The fall of that regime dealt a devastating blow to Iran and the so-called axis of resistance against Israel. Iran's strategy of encircling Israel with fire rings using proxies in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria ...

When Hafez al-Assad, an Alawite minority member, seized control of the Ba'ath Party in Syria in 1970, he faced a significant ...

With the fall of the Assad regime in Syria and an uncertain future, U.S. troops in the region must navigate a geopolitical ...

The fall of the Assad dynasty in Syria marks a pivotal moment in Middle Eastern history, given Syria's strategic role in the ...

The war in Syria has left a trail of destruction. The country is devastated, fragmented, and economically ruined. Millions of ...

Syrian President Bashar Assad's ouster has ended Iran's 40-year dominance and quest for hegemony in the region, further ...

Follow the latest on Syria In an abandoned school building, a small laminated card lies on a table, bearing the words “The ...

The threat from Iran is greatly diminished, but Turkey poses new challenges.

Syrian's democratic opposition of 2011 was a loosely allied group and struggled with ideological, political, and ethnic ...

Tens of thousands of Syrians, mostly Shi'ite Muslims, have fled to Lebanon since Sunni Muslim Islamists toppled Bashar ...

But the Shia crescent has now collapsed ... it might resort to destabilising Syria, as it did in Lebanon in the 1980s and Iraq following Saddam's fall. Another possibility is that Iran, believing ...