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

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

Representatives of China, Russia and Iran called Friday for an end to U.S. sanctions on Iran over its rapidly advancing ...

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

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 ...

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

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

Trump wrote to Iran's Supreme Leader in an attempt to jump-start talks over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program.

Iraq is exploring alternatives to Iranian gas imports, including options in the Gulf, a government official said, as it seeks ...

Born in 1962 in Najaf, Iraq, Tabrizian is a high-ranked Shi’a cleric (an ayatollah) and a graduate of major Shi’a seminaries. Although he is currently the most prominent figure in Islamic medicine in ...

Iran is using their Fajr-5 Multiple Launch Rocket System to place naval mines in the Persian Gulf. This mine deployment has only been tested during naval exercises. If used in an actual conflict the ...