Ocalan’s anti-Israel stance is well-known, as his group was based in the Bekaa Valley in the 1980s, cooperating wit h the ...

Punitive measures will remain in place for former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and human rights abusers, the White House ...

The collapse of the Assad regime was expected to increase instability, but so far Ahmed Al-Sharaa has attempted to make ...

The last French troops left in 1946, and a long period of turmoil followed. Syria’s military consolidated power in a 1970 coup led by Hafez Al Assad, an Alawite general and the father of Bashar Al ...

The likelihood is that much of Iran’s nuclear capabilities remain intact, and despite calls for regime change there is no ...

Israel’s war on Iran has underscored the Arab view of Israel as an aggressive source of instability in the region ...

He told me the story of Sadat’s visit to Damascus before the famous trip. He told me about the visible discomfort he had seen on President Hafez al-Assad’s face after his guest informed him of the ...

Bashar al-Assad was the 19th president of Syria, entering office in 2000 succeeding his father Hafez al-Assad as the country's leader and as head of the Ba'ath Party. He was ousted in December ...

Government faces scrutiny as church attack highlights ongoing threats to stability and safety for minorities in Syria.

When the dust settled, the March massacre claimed the lives of at least 1,700 Alawites. Ziad, currently in Lebanon and ...

The Israeli operation, intended to target Iran's nuclear core and missiles and deter Iran and its allies, has strengthened ...

Revenge attacks against deposed president Assad’s heterodox Alawite sect led local evangelicals to model reconciliation ...