From the largest war in Europe since World War II continuing in Ukraine to a series of escalations upending the Middle East, ...

The rebels capturing Damascus marked a turning point for Syria, which had been shattered by more than 13 years of war which ...

While the victory against Bashar Assad’s forces is a triumph, the jihadist-turned-statesman who is now in charge has a ...

Assad, old alliances have crumbled, and global powers are figuring out their relationships with Syria’s new de facto leaders.

SPECIAL REPORT – In the last days of 2024, The Cipher Brief turned to our network of experts – who spend much of their time ...

The threat from Iran is greatly diminished, but Turkey poses new challenges.

In the aftermath, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, condemned Assad’s fall as a foreign-orchestrated conspiracy, ...

Syrians who remained loyal to him through years of civil war fume that he left without a word. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The downfall of the Assad regime has profound implications for the Middle East, particularly for Russia and Iran, whose ...

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's decades-long, self-proclaimed ambition is redrawing the Middle East map The collapse of ...

The Syrian regime’s collapse came more quickly than the rebels had dreamed — the circumstances were both serendipitous and ...

Assad's regime is the latest casualty of Iran's war on Israel. After keeping his hold on Syria through 13 years of civil war, ...