Assad's 24-year rule ended abruptly as a coalition of rebel forces, led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), launched a rapid offensive that overwhelmed government defenses and captured Damascus within 12 ...

The region is relieved about de-escalation. But it is also alarmed about an unrestrained Israel, writes H.A. Hellyer.

The fall of President Bashar al-Assad is a serious blow to Iran’s regional ambitions, says Mostafa Pakzad, an independent geopolitical analyst focused on Iran. The Iranian regime’s “image as ...

In what would be the second such operation in less than a week, the Israeli military claimed it arrested members of Iran’s ...

Iran relies on a network of paramilitary groups across the Middle East, but that network’s influence has greatly diminished ...

At previous moments of tension over decades of rivalry with Western foes, Iran was able to project power across the Middle East using a network of close allies that meant any strikes against it ...

JAMES JEFFREY served as a Foreign Service Officer in seven U.S. administrations, including, during the first Trump ...

This change of tone, however fleeting, came after the intense U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear-development sites this week, Iran's retaliatory yet restrained attack on a U.S. military base in Qatar and ...

Despite fiery rhetoric, Russia has offered Iran no real support after US strikes, revealing Moscow’s weakened position, ...

U.S. officials are investigating an uncorroborated account from a high-ranking former Syrian official that American freelance ...