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 ...

According to Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin, the Russian bases have been and remain a factor of stability for the region ...

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The strikes on Iran offer crucial lessons for North Korea regarding deterrence, intelligence penetration, and the potential ...

It was predictable that Iran would retaliate against Trump’s bombing of its nuclear sites early on Sunday. The question was ...

Will the Middle East emerge from its disastrous post-Ottoman century? With Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon all weak, the region’s reconstruction in ways that permit peace, stability, and ...

WASHINGTON – Now comes a new chapter in U.S.-Iran relations, whether for the better or the even worse. For nearly a half ...

The suicide bombing at a Mar Elias church in Damascus on Sunday has laid bare the difficulties Syria’s new President Ahmad Al Shara faces in dealing with the very militants who helped him to overthrow ...

Syria walks a diplomatic tightrope between Israel and Iran, trying to avoid entanglement while war unfolds in its airspace.

And their allies have operated in places where Kurds live in Syria and Iran. Their struggles have often opposed the national authorities in those places or sought self-determination or federalism.