Leaked diplomatic communications revealing what Washington demands of the transitional government in Damascus have shed further light on the evolving…

Iran’s key regional allies have either collapsed or been significantly weakened—from the fall of the Assad regime to the weakening of Hezbollah,…

Events in Syria—both positive and negative—are unfolding at a rapid pace, making it difficult to get an accurate read on where the country may be…

On 14 February 2005, 20 years ago, the Syrian regime under Bashar al-Assad collaborated with Lebanon’s Hezbollah to assassinate Prime Minister Rafic…

Day by day, the picture becomes clearer. Syria, once a captive, has now returned. Liberated from over five decades of captivity, it has reclaimed its…

Writing from Damascus, the world’s oldest continuously inhabited capital, it feels necessary to honour the memory of the hundreds of thousands of…

Now that Bashar al-Assad has fled and his regime has collapsed, Syrians are taking the first steps in the very long and challenging journey of…

Israeli attacks on the Lebanese capital are increasingly becoming routine news, with recurring air strikes resulting in casualties and destruction…

The killing of Hezbollah operative Salim Ayyash in an Israeli air strike on the city of Qusayr in Syria's Homs countryside has sparked mixed…

Last week, Saudi ministers and diplomats in Riyadh hosted the initial sessions of a global coalition committed to implementing a two-state solution,…