Israel must set conditions for an eventual withdrawal from its buffer zone in Syria, and if it stays longer than six months, ...

The Sunni rebels view Iran as their enemy and, of course, will not cooperate with it. As a result, the Shia crescent has been ...

Syria’s newly appointed interim president, Ahmed al-Shara, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Sunday for his first foreign trip since ...

Military reserve forces in the Middle East make up an important component of any army within the region. These units provide additional manpower and capabilities to regular military forces, should the ...

Civil organizing persisted during Syria's civil war but also shifted to "translocal organizations" operating in rebel-held ...

Israel's deadly West Bank raids come as Qatari and Egyptian Prime Ministers could start talks over the second phase of the ...

Commercial flights between Turkey and Syria have resumed after 13 years with a Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul to ...

This transcript is from a CSIS podcast published on January 28, 2025. Listen to the podcast here. Jon Alterman: What are Turkey's goals in Syria, as far as you can tell? Sinem Adar: If you take the ...

Many in the region are questioning the kind of settlement Turkey seeks in Syria with the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which control significant territory in the northeast of ...