U.S. assistance for managing and securing camps in northeastern Syria with Islamic State-linked prisoners "cannot last ...

Because of its religious diversity and bloody history during the civil war, the city is considered a test case for the new ...

DUSHANBE - A court in Tajikistan has sentenced three men to prison sentences ranging from two to 26 years for attempting to kill the Central Asian republic's chief mufti last year, the head of the ...

Start with a maximalist position, adapt to the response and keep both allies and rivals off balance all the time. It’s all ...

As the regional leader, India has a responsibility to take the lead in combating this threat, exerting pressure on actors ...

With the Arabs essentially taken out of this great game, it now comes down to an ancient animus: the Turkish Sunni Muslims versus the Persian Shiite Muslims for control over this region.

On the occasion of the International Day for the Prevention of Violent Extremism as and When Conducive to Terrorism, we spoke ...

In a territory that, until recently, had been controlled by Hezbollah and was plagued by arms and drug smuggling, fighters ...

Egyptian and Qatari mediators were working to salvage the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas on Wednesday, according to ...

The conflict forms a central front in a broader Sunni-Shia clash throughout the region. The Syrian civil war has claimed upwards of 40,000 lives, and shows no signs of ending any time soon. However, ...

“A short while ago, Israeli Air Force fighter jets, guided by the Intelligence Directorate and Northern Command, struck a Hamas weapons storage facility in the Deir Ali area of southern Syria. The ...

Today, we want to be free.” Like him, many prominent Sunni religious figures have returned to Syria since the fall of the regime on December 8. Most of them are opponents of the former regime ...