The Syrian shrine of Sayeda Zainab drew Iran-backed militiamen from throughout the region. With Assad's fall, they've fled, ...

For weeks, Iranian officials have downplayed the fall of their ally in Syria. But an important general has offered a ...

It is the Iranian-controlled Iraqi militias (Popular Mobilization Forces, PMF or PMU) that may be the most difficult Iranian ...

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

Turkey’s post-Assad ambitions face mounting risks as it backs Syria’s new rulers while navigating the challenges of sectarian ...

1920 - The League of Nations grants the mandate for Lebanon and Syria to France, which creates the State of Greater Lebanon ...

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 ...

including clashes between U.S. troops and a coalition of militias aligned with Syria's ally, Iran, should serve as a message ...

The rivalry between Türkiye and Iran has been one of the constants of the region, as enduring as the rivers that flow through ...

With the shocking collapse of Bashar Assad’s dictatorship in Syria, the U.S. intelligence community is once again on the hook ...

A stinging defeat in war has left the once untouchable group on its most uncertain footing in years. For decades, Hezbollah’s ...

Iran congratulated Lebanese Commander of the Armed Forces, Joseph Aoun, on his election as president, in a post on X by its ...