ELLIOTT ABRAMS is Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He served in senior positions ...

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

Syria’s newly appointed interim president, Ahmed al-Shara, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Sunday for his first foreign trip since ...

The fall of Bashar Assad in Syria has led Iran-allied factions in neighboring Iraq to reconsider their push for U.S. forces ...

While Moscow and Tehran want this deal to signal unity in defiance of the West, it’s also about shoring up losses in the wake ...

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The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has created a unique and complex geopolitical challenge for Arab states, particularly ...

The new construction, visible in satellite imagery, suggests an extended presence. Israel says its forces will stay as long ...

As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel prepares to meet with President Trump, the question of whether to strike ...