Can the prediction of future surprise attacks and their consequences be improved? Or is the iron grasp of history and the ...

Anas Alkharboutli/dpa Rebel forces in Syria have seized control of most of the city Aleppo after launching a surprise offensive against government forces, a war monitor reported on Saturday as ...

By Matein Khalid The late summer and autumn of 2024 may well go down in history as the Berlin Wall moment for the Middle East ...

Assad had only been in his position for three years when Margaret Scobey was sent to Syria. She is hopeful about its future.

and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hold a news conference in Vienna in 2015 amid frustrated efforts to find a political solution to Syria’s civil war. Brendan Smialowski/Reuters A woman ...

Losing Syrian military bases would hurt the Kremlin’s attempts to project power in the Middle East and Africa.