Jon Lee Anderson reports from Damascus. Plus: the insidiousness of the entrepreneurial economy; fear and hope on the subway; ...

Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq, collectively part of the Hashd al Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Units), face increasing calls to ...

Syria’s Civil Defense has uncovered over two dozen charred bodies in two basements in rural Damascus, adding to the growing ...

Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence disregarded U.S. assessments of chemical weapons attacks and instead ...

Turkey said on Wednesday it had killed 13 Kurdish militants in northern Syria and two in Iraq, a sign that Ankara has pressed on with its campaign against fighters, some with possible links to U.S.

A year ago, a drone attack by Iran-backed militias hit a remote U.S. outpost in Jordan, killing three U.S. servicemembers. Despite the passage of time, the effort to find those responsible continues.

Current and former European and U.S. officials have raised concerns about some of President Donald Trump’s picks for top ...

For more than a decade, Mr. al-Assad remained in power, employing vicious means to do so while enjoying an obscene amount of ...

Iran has ordered its proxy forces across the Middle East to exercise caution as the Islamic Republic fears an existential ...

Sham, which overthrew the Assad regime last month, reflects rising U.S. alarm that ISIS could mount a resurgence.

It is becoming apparent that negotiations between the new leadership in Damascus and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) face ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested Friday that his county’s military might not withdraw all of its forces ...