Lawrence J. Haas argues the world should welcome Israel’s strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar. -He says it enforces the ...

As Iran teeters on the brink of collapse, the country faces the looming threat of civil war and regional instability, with ...

AFSHON OSTOVAR is an Associate Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School, a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy ...

Since the Assad regime was toppled in 2024, ISIS has waged a terror campaign throughout Syria, targeting the new Syrian ...

For decades, Iran relied on geography to preserve leverage over regional transit. With this corridor, that advantage has been ...

Explore the role of Iran proxy groups in regional conflicts and their impact on U.S. and Israeli interests in the Middle East ...

After 10 years of wrangling, with the mullahs playing a cat and mouse game with the West, while accelerating its secret ...

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 faithful ...

Eventually, Assad’s forces, backed by Iran, Russia and Lebanon’s Hezbollah ... Based on what I saw long ago during my hour-long audience with a dictator, Bashar al-Assad personified this.

In the interview with the Post, Wilson spoke about the new Syria he witnessed and the opportunities that lie ahead. The fall ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Bashar al-Assad, who was president of Syria from 2000 to 2024. 1994 – Syrian President Hafez Assad’s oldest son and heir apparent, Basel, dies in a car accident.

The fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al Assad last year should have marked the end of Russia’s hold on that country. Unfortunately, as Syria’s new leader, Ahmed al Sharaa, consolidates power, Washington ...