Sharaa, Syria’s president, spoke to The Economist on January 31st in Damascus. The conversation has been translated and ...

Sharaa's choice of Saudi Arabia as the destination of his first foreign visit aimed to deliver blunt messages inside Syria and beyond. This isn’t only about Saudi Arabia being an economic and ...

This is a rare moment in the Middle East. Opportunity outweighs risk, and shrewdly applied American power and influence could ...

Syria's interim president made his first trip abroad Sunday, traveling to Saudi Arabia in a move likely trying to signal Damascus' shift away from Iran as its main regional ally.Ahmad al-Sharaa, who ...

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

NICOLE GRAJEWSKI is a Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and an Associate with the Project on Managing the Atom at the Harvard Kennedy School. She ...

Senators grill Trump nominee to lead intelligence community over support for Edward Snowden, meeting with al-Assad.

Ahmad al-Sharaa, Syria's new strongman since December 8, has been appointed as the country's interim president. He has been ...

Militants in the Gaza Strip released eight hostages on Thursday (Jan 30), handing them over to the Red Cross amid chaotic crowds as part of a swap that is set to see 110 Palestinians released from ...

Militants in the Gaza Strip have released eight hostages, handing them over to the Red Cross amid chaotic crowds as part of a ...

The United Nations refugee chief says some 200,000 refugees have returned to Syria from neighboring countries since the government of Bashar Assad was overthrown last month ...

Palestinian health authorities say an Israeli airstrike in the northern West Bank has killed at least 10 people. The Israeli ...