Iraq’s Shia militias play a unique part in Iran's Axis of Resistance and present distinct challenges for the US, Israel, and ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

Intelligence officials in Syria’s new de facto government say they have thwarted a plan by the Islamic State group to set off a bomb at a Shiite shrine in the Damascus suburb of Sayyida Zeinab ...

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

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

The Iraqi federal government is reportedly weighing a controversial plan to integrate Iranian-backed militias into the ...

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

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