The decision to pull U.S. funding and participation from UNESCO will deal a blow to its work preserving cultural heritage ...

An Israeli agenda has been hatched inside of Syria and the new administration in Damascus is taking every step to accelerate it.

Netanyahu is highly protective of the process and beholden to ultranationalists in his cabinet who equate any deal with Hamas with shameful surrender, and he has trumpeted Hamas’ defeat so many times ...

In the wake of Hamas’s October 7 attacks on Israel and the subsequent Israeli military campaign in Gaza and beyond, the Middle East is undergoing a profound ...

Turkey was working toward providing training, advisory services and technical support to help strengthen Syria’s defence ...

The US has said it did not support Israel’s airstrikes on Syria. Barrack said the strikes had added to the "confusion" in the ...

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Building on the broader analysis presented in Part I, this second article focuses on the internal political and strategic ...

Cross-border warfare between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon escalated into a full-scale war in September 2024. Despite a November ceasefire, Israeli forces have conducted near-daily attacks in ...

An outbreak of brutal, sectarian violence in Syria has intensified debate in Congress over whether to follow President Trump’s directive to lift all sanctions on the country. While Trump has put his ...

Under current law, Trump can waive the remaining US sanctions on Syria, imposed under a law known as the Caesar Act, every 180 days. Lawler’s legislation would give the new administration two years to ...