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

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 ...

To most people who read or otherwise consume western media, the fall of the Assad government in Syria was unusually quick and even surprising. For most of ...

For decades, Russia has been trying to rebuild its influence in the Middle East. But after the rapid collapse of the Assad ...

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

History tells us that where a fragmented coalition of armed groups finds itself in a political vacuum, more violence is ...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime has suddenly fallen amid the country's long-running civil war, forcing him to ... It's potentially a game-changer both in a good way and a bad way ...