Iran and Turkey are vying for dominance, impacting regional stability, alliances, and Israel’s strategic challenges in an ...

The removal of Bashar al-Assad has reignited Western and Eastern plans to control Syria’s oil and gas resources.

Over recent months, crippling blows to Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon have culminated ... have diminished the influence of the "Shia Crescent." Hamas is no longer as strong and credible ...

Assad’s fall from power in Syria will reverberate for years across the Middle East, but one great fact is already clear. The ...

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

In Lebanon above all, the true number of Syrian refugees is likely to be ... Syria was considered part of the so-called "Shia Crescent" region, dominated by Iran — even though three-quarters ...

Sunni Arabs abhorred the “Shia Crescent” from Iran to Lebanon ... Turkey, which saw the American president deliver Syria and Lebanon on a silver platter to Iran even as he supported Kurdish ...