Since the beginning of the Syrian civil war in 2011, the nation has become a battleground for competing hegemons. The United ...

The two Mideast powerhouses have been trying to block the rise of Islamist groups in the region for two decades. The rebel ...

The Middle East has experienced profound changes since the last decade, beginning with the“Arab Spring” revolutions and ...

Bel Trew spent days travelling across Syria – from Aleppo in the north, to the capital Damascus and Deraa in the south – ...

The fall of the Assad regime in Syria, punctuated by jubilant celebrations as the then rebels bloodlessly took Damascus, has several similarities to what happened to Afghanistan three years ago, says ...

The artificial state entities imposed on Arabs in the Middle East under Western influence are now turning back on their creators and rulers, extracting a bloody price from all involved.

A new chapter has opened in the Middle East with the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday at a press conference in Jerusalem — his first ...

He was also the linchpin of the so-called Axis of Resistance, the group of radical states and militias determined to kick out the US from the Middle East. And if this was not enough, Mr Assad’s ...

Even in the Middle East’s great ongoing tumult, the shift in Syria is seismic. Just over a year and a half ago, Assad was viewed globally as the predominant power in his fractured country. True, the ...

Didier Billion, deputy director of the French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (Iris) and an expert on Turkey and the Middle East, spoke to FRANCE 24. FRANCE 24: What role did ...

although some analysts see opportunities in the reconstruction of the war-torn Middle Eastern country. Like many governments, China is scrambling to grasp the full ramifications of Syrian ...

But the abrupt end to the rule of the authoritarian leader so explicitly backed by Mr Xi in 2023 has dealt a blow to China's diplomatic ambitions in the Middle East and exposed the limits of its ...