Small entities might once again need to relearn how to hedge between great powers. One forgotten highborn woman from history provides some ancient realist lessons.

Syria's interim president says the now departed Iranian forces were damaging to his country and also posed a threat to the ...

Since the Assad regime fell after more than 50 years in power, the extent of Syria’s cultural isolation is becoming clear.

Idlib is no blueprint for a modern state, so Syrians hope that tolerance ... “You can conquer Damascus, but you can’t beat it.” Sign up to the Middle East Dispatch, a weekly newsletter ...

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

At the busy Marjah Square in central Damascus, Rateb Farah, 25, peddles Syrian pounds in stacks on a cardboard box. Sitting ...

A vast and eccentric collection of everything from vintage Rolls-Royces to an entire house relocated from Syria, the Sheikh ...

Every now and then, I read a book which hits me with such a profound impact that, like Paul on the road to Damascus, I find ...

These days, it seems like there is a high-profile conversion nearly every day. And praise the Lord for that. Celebrities have ...

This is the eleventh part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia — to spend some ...

Religious leaders gather to hear the vice president articulate the Trump administration’s policy on religious freedom ...