Syria’s Islamist leaders pledged to respect religious freedom despite their radical past. Many Christians and Shiites are ...

Watching the videos of Israeli hostages being released from Gaza the last two weeks has brought a special kind of joy — and pain — to Emma Tsurkov. She does not know Emily, Romi, Doron, Karina, ...

(): When Tulsi Gabbard returned to Washington from a clandestine sit-down with Syria’s then-president Bashar Assad eight years ago this month, she was greeted with a flurry of criticism. Lawmakers and ...

US President Donald Trump has reiterated his call for Egypt and Jordan to accept residents of Gaza into their territory, as ...

Friedman’s dreamscape for the Middle East makes no sense on any level.  Even former secretary of state Antony Blinken ...

Lebanon’s new government should prioritize protecting and promoting human rights, accountability, transparency, and the rule ...

Earleen Fisher, an editor and writer whose career across five decades with The Associated Press gave her a front-row seat to some of the late 20th century's most chaotic and challenging news stories, ...

The Israel-Hamas War has spilled onto the global stage. Political polarization has deepened far from the conflict. The global economy—including oil ...

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) calls on all parties to the conflict to ensure the protection of civilians in Lebanon following the extension of the ceasefire agreement until February 18.

U.S.-funded aid programs worldwide have begun firing staff and preparing to shut down their operations as an unprecedented ...

Iran's loss of influence in Lebanon and Syria has helped to spark a shift in attitude among Arab leaders.

But they warn that, if that fails, Iran is on a collision course with the west. European powers that opposed Trump’s maximum ...