The SDF was the main Western-backed ground force in eastern Syria fighting Islamic State, which ran a jihadist mini-state there from 2014-2017. Turkey says the SDF's main fighting force, the YPG, are ...

Israel’s defense minister says that if the shaky ceasefire with Hezbollah collapses, Israel will widen its strikes and target ...

It is time for the United States to try a different tack and, by doing so, to also put itself in the position of having to use military power less frequently. With an actual framework to help guide ...

However, according to Dmitry Peskov, "there is now no clear understanding that such a visit will take place by the end of the year" ...

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Russia, Iran and Hezbollah, otherwise known as Bashar Assad’s lifeline in Syria, have bigger fish to fry at the moment.

The GCC rhetoric on Israel masks its true aims to decouple Syria's Assad and the Islamic Republic and declaw Hezbollah in ...

This is why, on December 2, he arrived in Kiev for an unexpected visit — his first in two and a half years. "Showing readiness to resolve the Ukraine conflict diplomatically, which aligns with the ...

Iran Air on Tuesday resumed flights between Mashhad in the northeast of the country and Dammam in Saudi Arabia after a nine ...

Israel has unleashed its largest wave of airstrikes across Lebanon since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last week, ...

The recent rapid advance by opposition fighters in Syria shows that Syrian President Bashar Assad must reconcile with his own ...

The 60-day ceasefire that went into effect last week is holding despite continued sporadic fighting and Israeli airstrikes in ...