“The fate of the hostages is contingent upon the Israeli army advancing just hundreds of meters in some of the areas under ...

Follow the latest on Syria In an abandoned school building, a small laminated card lies on a table, bearing the words “The ...

Gideon Rachman talks to Alexander Gabuev of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, Jeremy Shapiro of the European Council on Foreign Relations and Karin von Hippel of the Royal United Services Institute ...

In late September, an experienced pilot at low-cost European airline Wizz Air felt anxious after learning his plane would fly over Iraq at night amid mounting tensions between nearby Iran and Israel.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli troops will remain in Syrian territory indefinitely, blurring the border with ...

Houthi rebels in Yemen say Israeli airstrikes targeted the rebel-held capital of Sanaa and the port city of Hodeida.

“While Sunni Arabs are the dominant ethnic and religious group in Syria, the country is notably diverse, with a range of ...

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

The Middle East is an artificial construct created by British and French diplomats after World War I, and the recent collapse ...

Syrian leader Bashar Assad was ousted after nearly 25 years in power. Within hours, Israeli tanks rolled into the Golan ...

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has ordered Israeli troops ... "Due to what is happening in Syria - there is enormous security importance to our holding on to the peak of Mount Hermon ...