The ambassador's missteps reflect a poor grasp of the region’s complex dynamics and jeopardize opportunities for peace ...

A video clip circulating on social media in recent months shows Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Shara, astride a handsome ...

In 1985, Sinwar’s mentor and Hamas’s founder, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, found his freedom the same way: Israel traded him and 1,150 other security prisoners for three captured IDF soldiers.Jerusalem’s ...

US policy is to have one Syria and one army there and not support federalism. US Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack has a clear ...

A confidential UN report has found no active ties this year between Al Qaeda and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Islamist ...

The man President Donald Trump hailed as a “tough guy” who will bring stability to Syria is empowering extremists tied to Al ...

Welcome back to Al-Monitor Israel.Israeli officials are divided over whether to seize the moment and pursue a security ...

Everyone seems to agree that ISIS is digging up and selling archaeological artifacts to make money. But no one seems to agree on how much money it’s actually making from its illegal antiquities trade: ...

The State Department revoked the terrorist designation of Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham, a group headed by the country’s new ...

The UAE’s interventionist foreign policy, backing Assad in Syria and the RSF in Sudan, has backfired, damaging its global ...

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order that terminates the majority of US sanctions imposed on Syria and associated designated persons, effective July 1. Lifting sanctions will ...

President Trump signed an executive order this week lifting most sanctions on Syria. Ahead of that action, U.S. officials ...