The sudden collapse of the long-standing Assad regime in Syria last December unleashed a wave of trouble for most Syrians, ...

The risk is that the anti-Israel “axis of resistance” from Iran could be replaced by a new pro-Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood alliance led by Turkey’s president.

U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to resettle Palestinians from Gaza in Jordan is a recipe for radicalism that will spread ...

This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Of Mecca and Mammon” ...

The regime set up by Hafez al-Assad after the coup d'état of November 13, 1970, had only one objective: Its own continuity, ...

Some background behind the historical ties between the people of Gaza, the West Bank, British Mandate Palestine and the wider Muslim world.

I have stood at the Israeli-Gaza border and met Palestinians entering Israel for work, medical treatment, travel abroad, and ...

After Donald Trump’s meeting this week with Benjamin Netanyahu, there are fears that the long-term human tragedy for ...

Since Bashar al-Assad fled the country and Ahmad al-Sharaa arrived in Damascus, eventually being declared president, every speech and interview he has given, whether televised or in print, reflects a ...

A prison in Syria holds about 4,500 members of the Islamic State group who have been there for years without trial.

Before joining the military and building an Alawite caste around himself, Hafez al-Assad was a fervent supporter of the ...

Turkey’s deepening ties with Syria could shift regional power dynamics, impacting Israel, Iran, and NATO while strengthening ...