Ever since its revolution in 1979, Iran has cultivated a network of proxies and friends throughout the Middle East. For years ...

Iran's rulers are also facing a string of other crises - energy and water shortages, a collapsing currency, military setbacks ...

Iran faces a critical juncture where decision-makers must weigh the economic distress from sanctions against potential ...

Iraq is exploring alternatives to Iranian gas imports, including options in the Gulf, a government official said, as it seeks to reduce dependence on its sanctions-hit neighbour. The […] ...

Fourteen years after Syria's civil war began, the nation's new Islamist government faces sectarian conflict on four fronts.

The U.S., Israel, Russia and Turkey all face major questions as they look to the future of a post-Assad Syria.

Israel's war on Gaza and the fall of Assad have rattled the region, but as history shows, there is often more continuity than ...

Following the collapse of the Assad regime, I ended my article last December with the following paragraph: “The new government must represent all Syrians, ...

The American disaster in Vietnam was supposed to have put to rest the folly of US military interventions to shore up tottering regimes abroad. The ...

Syria saw its worst violence since the end of the dictatorship — along with significant social media disinformation. AI fakes and manipulated historical images online inflamed the real-life fighting.

The U.S. economy suffered, too. One researcher estimated that Trump’s 2017 suspension of refugee resettlement deprived the country of $9.1 billion in economic activity per year and sapped public ...