Still, this moment is fragile. Drone strikes and missile debris are reminders that regional tensions remain dangerously close ...

But the changes came at an enormous cost for Israel, which suffered the deadliest attack in its history on Oct. 7 and faces ...

Syria's reaction to the Israeli and U.S. bombing of Iran showed how its position has shifted under Ahmed al-Sharaa ...

A little-known Sunni Muslim extremist group claimed responsibility on June 24 for a weekend suicide attack against a church ...

Sunni extremist group Saraya Ansar al-Sunna claims responsibility for a Damascus church bombing that killed 25, challenging ...

However, Alawites follow Muhammad Ibn Nusayr, who was a 10th-century disciple of the 11th imam and declared himself to be the “gate” of divine inspiration. As a result, Alawites have been called ...

For nearly a half century, the world has witnessed an enmity for the ages — the threats, the plotting, the poisonous rhetoric ...

If Hezbollah’s grip on Lebanon finally breaks, it won’t just redraw maps in the Middle East—it could rewrite the calculus of ...

Pope Leo XIV said the terrorist attack on a Greek Orthodox church in Damascus was “vile” during his Wednesday Audience at the ...

The 12-day war between Israel and Iran could have serious implications across the Middle East, not least by exacerbating ...

The suicide bombing at a Mar Elias church in Damascus on Sunday has laid bare the difficulties Syria’s new President Ahmad Al Shara faces in dealing with the very militants who helped him to overthrow ...

Syria's banks, long-time pariahs in the global financial system, are expected to resume ties with international lenders ...