PHILIP H. GORDON was National Security Adviser to Vice President Kamala Harris from 2022 to 2025 and the White House Middle ...

While their leadership operates like a government, their identity is rooted in an ideological struggle that views any ...

There are two versions of Sayyida Zaynab, the suburb south of Damascus and home to a shrine for a revered Muslim figure.One ...

Iran is seeking to gain leverage while hoping that Washington will misread its own weakness and fear as goodwill and ...

Chaos theory, originally a mathematical concept, describes systems so sensitive to initial conditions that even the smallest perturbations can lead to vastly different outcomes—an idea often called ...

Islamic State, the militant group that imposed hardline Islamist rule over millions of people in Syria and Iraq for years, ...

Once-thriving landmarks like the ancient city of Palmyra and the medieval Crusader castle of Crac des Chevaliers remain ...

Iraqi activists launched a campaign called "Iraq Only" to reject interference from Iran-aligned armed militias in their nation. Some of the organizers were kidnapped and tortured.

Speaking at a weekly press conference on Monday, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei responded: "When it comes ...

Experts are returning to Syria’s war-ravaged heritage sites, hoping to lay the groundwork for restoring them and reviving ...

The Vatican said on Monday that Pope Francis was being treated for a "complex clinical situation" and will remain ...

Netanyahu said Israel had dealt a "mighty blow" to Iran since the start of the war in Gaza and that with the support of U.S.