BEIRUT/WASHINGTON - Israel is lobbying the United States to keep Syria weak and decentralised, including by letting Russia ...

Russia will deepen its engagement in the Middle East despite losing its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad, experts said at the ...

Can Syria keep its promises? After the fall of Bashar al-Assad last December, the new rulers of Damascus are convening a one-day national dialogue conference.

Netanyahu has taken Sharaa's multiple peace offerings as a sign of weakness, spurring ever-bolder and more belligerent action ...

Tayyip Erdogan's long-held goal of ending Turkey's conflict with Kurdish militants is a step closer after their jailed ...

The Assad dictatorship is out, but Syria’s economy is in chaos after a civil war and recent policy shifts. The situation is ...

"We are primarily interested in understanding the essence of President Trump's new line," a former Russian envoy told ...

Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), is an icon to many Kurds, but a "terrorist ...

Israeli forces have pushed into Syria south of the capital Damascus and said they will remain there indefinitely.

In today’s Daily Kickoff, we break down the latest Gallup poll on American attitudes toward Israel, and look at Ron Dermer’s ...

On Wednesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks with Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani followed by negotiations with his Qatari counterpart, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin ...