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

The regional and extra-regional powers are repositioning themselves with the new government, and the effect of the change of ...

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 ...

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

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

In Lebanon above all, the true number of Syrian refugees is likely to be far higher than ... During the long rule of Bashar ...

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

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

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

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 ...

But the Shia crescent has now collapsed ... Should Tehran perceive this as unlikely, it might resort to destabilising Syria, as it did in Lebanon in the 1980s and Iraq following Saddam’s fall. Another ...