Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez, ruled Syria for more than half a century but how did one family achieve and maintain ...

The country may have exited the Axis of Resistance, but this does not mean that it has automatically crossed to the opposing ...

President Biden pulled punches when enforcing oil sanctions against Iran. Forsaking the leverage inherited from President Trump’s “maximum pressure,” Biden opted for “maximum deference” from the ...

The Syrian regime’s collapse came more quickly than the rebels had dreamed — the circumstances were both serendipitous and part of a larger global realignment.

Syria is in chaos. The danger to Israel and the West is that the next Syrian regime will be no friendlier than Assad was.

United States President-elect Donald Trump is staying true to his self-given moniker of “tariff man.” This time, he’s taking ...

To gain some insight into the year ahead, CFR fellows highlight some of the global developments they will be looking out for.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that his country was not defeated in Syria following the fall of its client ...

Who'd have thunk it? The Assad regime collapses in Syria after 54 years. Russian President Vladimir Putin's hold on power ...

Rocket launchers, bullets and handguns line the walls of Dirar Ahmed Dirar’s cramped office in Port Sudan’s Daim Almadina ...

Assad's regime is the latest casualty of Iran's war on Israel. After keeping his hold on Syria through 13 years of civil war, ...

Crude oil prices dropped as markets reacted to the Federal Reserve’s slower rate-cut outlook and Donald Trump’s threat of ...