President Donald Trump signed an executive order lifting most US sanctions on Syria this week, cementing a sea change in his ...

Since the GHF began operating at the end of May, thousands of people have been injured and more than 600 have been killed trying to get aid from its four distribution centres. Israeli soldiers have ...

Between the defeats of June 1967 and June 2025 — both ironically hailed by some as victories — history seems to repeat itself ...

The UAE’s interventionist foreign policy, backing Assad in Syria and the RSF in Sudan, has backfired, damaging its global ...

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The Alwaites, who primarily live in Syria's coastal regions, particularly in the provinces of Latakia and Tartus, are ...

During Syria’s civil war, the Islamic State captured a large chunk of eastern Syrian and ruled over it for years. A U.S.-led international coalition, partnering with a Kurdish-led Syrian militia, ...

The Lebanese Parliament’s recent tensions over electoral reforms have laid bare the political calculations of the main blocs. Statements by Hezbollah MP Ali Fayyad that “there is no level playing ...

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Six months since the collapse of the Assad regime, the Russian military presence in Syria has remained entrenched in strategic locations such as the Hmeimim airbase and Tartous port on the coast, as ...

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) apprehended suspects in Syria who are part of “a terrorist cell operated by Iran,” the ...

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