The government faces a dilemma over what to do with civil-war-era prisons and detention camps that hold thousands of ISIS ...

With Syria's new leadership emerging as a key U.S. partner, American troops in the country find themselves amid a complex ...

Iraq’s designation of Lebanese Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthis (Ansar Allah) as terrorist organizations, whose assets must therefore be confiscated, was a warm-up for ending the era of Iranophilic ...

Last month, Gen. Joseph Votel (Ret.) led a Middle East Institute delegation to Syria. The team was made up of American ...

The December 2024 fall of the Bashar al-Assad government marks a historic turning point for Syria, and after decades of ...

A woman from Syria's Alawite minority has spoken about her harrowing experience of being kidnapped and raped by gunmen.

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday evening passed the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), approving a record Pentagon budget of more than $901 billion for annual military ...

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Syria’s interim president on Saturday accused Israel of fighting “ghosts” and searching for enemies ...

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a compromise version of the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, or ...

The trip comes days before the anniversary of the fall of Bashar al-Assad, and as Lebanon is navigating the cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel.

A quarter of the 6 million Syrians who fled the country during the decadelong civil war have returned home in the past 12 ...

The Congressman shared, “Iraq has an opportunity to thrive if it changes its behaviour. Congress is ready to back up President Trump with new provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act." ...