Business, economic, and political leaders from around the world gathered at a Jordanian resort near the Dead-Sea for the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa. During…
By Dr. Jonathan Spyer, Expert on Syria, Iraq, radical Islamic groups, and Kurds. The wars in Syria are far from over. Israeli policy has been largely successful in preventing the fire from…
President Vladimir Putin urged his Iranian and Turkish counterparts to work together to bring an end to the Syria conflict. During a trilateral summit that was held in the backdrop…
U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis responded to a question about the downing of the Russian aircraft, stressing the incident only "complicates the situation between the Assad regime and Moscow.…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov asserted once again that non-Syrian forces had to leave southern Syria with the utmost haste. This was the second time in three days in which…
The decision by President Trump to follow through on his promise does not sit well with a vast majority of the international community, who believe that the final status of…
The political leader of the Islamist Hamas organization, which controls the Gaza Strip, declared on Saturday evening that attempts to forge a reconciliation agreement between his faction and that of…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a meeting last night in New York city with US President Donald Trump, during which the two leaders discussed regional challenges, including the growing threats…
Moscow hailed what it said was "a dramatic shift" in the Syria conflict, declaring that the Syrian military, with Russian air support, was well on its way to pushing Islamist…
The Lebanese army launched an offensive over the weekend against an Islamic State enclave on the country's northeastern border with Syria, as the Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah announced their own…