The removal of Bashar al-Assad has reignited Western and Eastern plans to control Syria’s oil and gas resources.

By leveraging Turkey’s military power, economic influence and ideological appeal, Erdogan seeks to position Ankara as the ...

Gaza's Health Ministry says Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 17 Palestinians, nearly all of them women or children.

Since the beginning of the Syrian civil war in 2011, the nation has become a battleground for competing hegemons. The United ...

Post-Assad Syria will likely become a sanctuary for terrorism, and the United States and its allies will need dependable ...

Much like Hezbollah miscalculated with its 15-month-long war of attrition against Israel, Yemen’s Houthi rebels risk being ...

Turkey is working to ensure that Syria's transformation over the last month will not bring new instabilities to the region, ...

If you have a mental map of the Middle East, rip it up ... reestablishing Syrian control over Syria, he will have to fend off the competing interests of Turkey, Israel, Saudi Arabia — and ...

Turkey and Israel are the main strategic beneficiaries of the collapse of the Syrian regime, but now they are on a collision course of their own.

Assad's fall undermines Russia's influence in the Middle East ... with Turkey's support for HTS playing a pivotal role in Assad's overthrow. The lightning-quick removal on 8 December of Syria ...

Yacoubian is the vice president for the Middle East ... Syria sets in, a reordering of regional power dynamics is already taking shape that sharply diminishes Iran’s influence and positions ...