The regional balance of power is shifting rapidly, with major players, including Arab states, Pakistan, and Turkey, now ...

JAMES JEFFREY served as a Foreign Service Officer in seven U.S. administrations, including, during the first Trump ...

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump is chipping away at Iran’s regional influence. He is urging Syria and Lebanon to join the ...

Israel is interested in establishing formal diplomatic relations with long-standing adversaries Syria and Lebanon, but the ...

While Erdogan is doing everything to delegitimize Israel, any agreement between Israel and Syria "also undermines Turkey’s ...

The fragile Israel-Iran ceasefire demands a deeper look at long-term consequences for geopolitics in the Middle East.

President Trump signed an executive order this week lifting most sanctions on Syria. Ahead of that action, U.S. officials ...

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) apprehended suspects in Syria who are part of “a terrorist cell operated by Iran,” the ...

Saudi Arabia views its neutral posture in the conflict between Israel and Iran—and by extension, between the United States ...

As Iran was a constitutional monarchy before the revolution, theocratic elements were effectively grafted on top of the ...

Trump’s Syria strategy aims to enable US military withdrawal while weakening Iran’s influence, pressuring Hezbollah, and ...

Let’s be careful, though. Sure, we don’t want to reject a hand that’s extended in peace, but we also can’t assume we’re ...