Amid the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf War and talks with Israel, Hafez al-Assad's top priority was ...

Without meaningful steps from Tel Aviv, normalisation is a non-starter - but after years of war, Damascus cannot afford a ...

The new construction, visible in satellite imagery, suggests an extended presence. Israel says its forces will stay as long ...

ELLIOTT ABRAMS is Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He served in senior positions ...

Though Tehran scrambled to help the Assads face off the rebel assault, soldiers were turning on their own commanders ...

The recent developments indicate the reshaping of regional security architecture in the Middle East. It also reflects the ...

The SSNP was a supporter of the Assad regime and Hezbollah. It fought in the Syrian civil war in favor of Assad.

Former allies and self-declared enemies of Syria’s ousted president Bashar al-Assad are flooding the country’s digital space ...

Before joining the military and building an Alawite caste around himself, Hafez al-Assad was a fervent supporter of the ...

This is a rare moment in the Middle East. Opportunity outweighs risk, and shrewdly applied American power and influence could ...

Images verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad unit shed light on Israel’s plans after it expanded area of control in Syria.

Now Hezbollah is also at risk of losing the support of Lebanese Shiites, who make up its domestic base. As is usually the ...