For nearly a half century, the world has witnessed an enmity for the ages — the threats, the plotting, the poisonous rhetoric ...

But the changes came at an enormous cost for Israel, which suffered the deadliest attack in its history on Oct. 7 and faces ...

The suicide bombing at a Mar Elias church in Damascus on Sunday has laid bare the difficulties Syria’s new President Ahmad Al Shara faces in dealing with the very militants who helped him to overthrow ...

If Hezbollah’s grip on Lebanon finally breaks, it won’t just redraw maps in the Middle East—it could rewrite the calculus of ...

The 12-day war between Israel and Iran could have serious implications across the Middle East, not least by exacerbating ...

The Lebanese army has arrested a senior Islamic State leader known as “Qasoura,” seizing weapons and drone-making gear in a ...

Syria's banks, long-time pariahs in the global financial system, are expected to resume ties with international lenders within weeks, Syria’s central bank governor Abdulkader Husrieh told The National ...

Pope Leo XIV said the terrorist attack on a Greek Orthodox church in Damascus was “vile” during his Wednesday Audience at the ...

However, Alawites follow Muhammad Ibn Nusayr, who was a 10th-century disciple of the 11th imam and declared himself to be the “gate” of divine inspiration. As a result, Alawites have been called ...

Syria's reaction to the Israeli and U.S. bombing of Iran showed how its position has shifted under Ahmed al-Sharaa ...

A month after leaving Kola Bay, aircraft of the Kuznetsov began operations against Islamic State and Al-Nusra terrorist ...