In an interview, Murhaf Abu Qasra, a onetime leader in Syria’s insurgency, discussed moves by authorities in Damascus to ...

Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

Upholding security at the camp is seen as critical to prevent a resurgence of the Islamic State. A contractor that trains the ...

There is an opportunity for the US to do the right thing and make sure to secure the detainees while working with the SDF and ...

The Syrian military defector who documented atrocities committed by the Bashar Assad regime by smuggling tens of thousands of ...

The recent developments indicate the reshaping of regional security architecture in the Middle East. It also reflects the ...

Amid the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf War and talks with Israel, Hafez al-Assad's top priority was ...

ELLIOTT ABRAMS is Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He served in senior positions ...

The Trump Administration’s decision to close the U.S. Agency for International Development has drawn much criticism.