Here’s a look at ongoing civil war in Syria. Facts Bashar al-Assad ruled Syria as president from July 2000-December 2024. His father, Hafez al-Assad, ruled Syria from 1970-2000. The ongoing violence ...

Challenges include uniting a patchwork of rebel groups, gaining control over multiple regions and rebuilding relations with ...

The rise of China as an economic powerhouse has considerably blunted the impact of sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea ...

Early March 2025 was when Syria’s post-Assad transition turned sour. In scenes that resembled the worst moments of Syria’s ...

The lifting of sanctions is part of a broader Western strategy to secure strategic influence along the Eastern Mediterranean.

But maybe not. Trump is very much under the influence of Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who really does want the ...

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa has a lot to prove to win over Western powers. If the first few weeks of his rule are ...

“Obviously Sharaa doesn’t control the foreign jihadis and does not call all the shots,” said Marwan Muasher, vice president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “What is clear is that ...

The US predicts that the situation in Gaza, as well as the dynamics between Israel-Hezbollah and Israel-Iran, will remain volatile, according to the Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence ...

Damascus] For the first time in more than five decades, Syrians are observing the holy month of Ramadan without the rule of ...

Syria and Israel stand at a historic crossroads, with the potential to reshape their relations. However, achieving progress ...

While it was never an easy place for American companies to operate, Russia has gotten even worse since Putin launched the ...