The E.U. is moving to ease sanctions in a bid to sway how HTS leads Syria’s transition and to further curb Russian influence ...

In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...

Although Erdogan might deplore the effect on Turkey’s domestic political scene, he may yet see an autonomous Kurdish region ...

In yet another piece of the jigsaw puzzle of a new Middle East, Mr. As-Sudani sees reining in the Iranian-backed Iraqi Shiite ...

Deep dive into changing dynamics shaping Middle East peace prospects: Saudi conditions, American attitudes, Iranian diplomacy ...

The past week was a turning point for Lebanon by all measures. Observers agree that this was no ordinary presidential election, and not only because it ended a longstanding presidential vacuum that ...

They carved up the Middle East map with ... Empire. Ethnic, religious and topographical considerations were ignored or minimized. Now, just over a hundred years later, we are at another crossroads in ...

Since toppling president Bashar al-Assad nearly a month ago, Syria's Islamist-led rulers have spoken of a "national dialogue conference" to map out the ... Syria's religious and ethnic minorities ...

UN Security Council Resolution 2254, adopted in 2015, outlined a road map for a political transition in Syria ... and vowed to protect Syria’s religious and ethnic minorities. Al-Sharaa said that HTS’ ...

They carved up the Middle East map with the stroke of a pen ... interests out of the remains of the defunct Ottoman Empire. Ethnic, religious and topographical considerations were ignored or ...