Iran spent decades propping up militias and regimes across the region as its first line of defence, but now finds itself ...

After Assad fled to Russia, Abu Tarek and other internally displaced people suddenly had new freedom to move about the ...

AL SHADADI BASE, Syria - U.S. forces have pulled out of two more bases in northeastern Syria, visiting Reuters reporters ...

Iran has threatened to drag the United States into the conflict by attacking their bases in the region should Washington ...

Syria has sent 3,000 troops to the border with Iraq to deter infiltration by pro-Iran Iraqi militias, two security officials in Damascus told The National on Tuesday.

In a park overlooking Damascus, 25-year-old Khaldoun Hallak has spent the past few evenings with his friends, drinking yerba ...

From the challenges of a green transition to Syria after Assad, get your copy of Geographical's July issue, out ...

A surprise choice to succeed his mentor, cleric has nurtured paramilitary forces, overseen a financial empire, made ...

By Ben Aris in Berlin The new Syrian authorities has gone a long way towards gaining full recognition by the international ...

President Trump returned to Washington on Tuesday to deal with the war between Iran and Israel, as the two sides exchanged ...

Iran remains a key obstacle to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s post-October 7 vision for a ‘new Middle East’.