For decades, Lebanon has been torn apart by internal division and external conflict. There may currently be a narrow window ...

A U.S. envoy said on Wednesday that Syria’s central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging their ...

The US has removed Syria’s Al Qaeda franchise from its list of designated terrorist organizations just days after the UK ...

Syrian authorities are trying to find the identity of 413 orphans whose parents were ’disappeared’ by the Assad regime, after ...

Syrian activist Shadi Martini tells lobby new president called peace with Israel a 'unique opportunity'; Gulf journalist ...

Russia has become the first country to recognise the Taliban as Afghanistan’s government. Andrew Mueller explains why.

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BEIRUT: Syria must publish the full results of an investigation into the March killings of Alawite civilians and ensure those ...

MOHAMMAD AYATOLLAHI TABAAR is a Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, Associate Professor of International Affairs at Texas A ...

Asharq Al Awsat Thousands of Syrian refugees are set to return from Lebanon this week under the first, UN-backed plan providing financial incentives, after Syria's new rulers said all citizens were ...

Under Netanyahu's leadership, Israel has imposed a new and volatile state of affairs in the region, which I call “open skies.” This shift is among the most dangerous outcomes of the military campaigns ...

Thousands of Syrian refugees are set to return from Lebanon this week under the first, U.N.-backed plan providing financial ...