In an interview, Murhaf Abu Qasra, a onetime leader in Syria’s insurgency, discussed moves by authorities in Damascus to ...

The arrival of the first top Russian diplomat in Damascus since Bashar al-Assad’s fall kicks off negotiations over the fate ...

Though Tehran scrambled to help the Assads face off the rebel assault, soldiers were turning on their own commanders ...

One expert says her views are ‘so wildly fringe that her potential appointment as DNI is genuinely alarming’, Richard Hall ...

ELLIOTT ABRAMS is Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He served in senior positions ...

A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 ...

Either maintaining Russia’s military bases in Syria or finding an alternative outpost in the Mediterranean will prove ...

While Moscow and Tehran want this deal to signal unity in defiance of the West, it’s also about shoring up losses in the wake ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani on Thursday received Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister ...

The former Democratic congresswoman's nomination to lead US intelligence now heads to the full Senate for consideration. A ...

Bashar-al Assad fled the country on December 8 to take refuge in the Russian capital, where he owns several luxury apartments ...

Putin’s actions on Trump’s inauguration day highlighted Russia's growing security and political concerns, from the Middle ...