US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Friday to meet Prime Minister Mohammed Shia ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon/NUBL, Syria - Tens of thousands of Syrians, mostly Shi'ite Muslims, have fled to Lebanon since Sunni Muslim ...

Once again, Ali Ghulam receives mourners at his home -- his brother and nephew killed 40 years apart in the same sectarian ...

Syria’s facilitation of foreign fighters to wage an insurgency in Iraq spawned the rise of Al Qaeda in the region. Due to its ...

Syrians are dancing in the streets of Damascus and other cities, to celebrate the collapse of the hideous regime of Bashar al ...

Syria's new interim authorities have asked the United Nations refugee agency to remain in the country following the ouster of ...

By assassinating an interim minister in Afghanistan’s de facto government on Dec. 11, a branch of the radical group Islamic State escalated its conflict with its fellow Islamist movement, the Taliban, ...

Follow the latest on Syria The long hallway of the thoracic surgery department of Syria’s Damascus Hospital ends with an ...

The term “Great Games” (inspired by the French term Le grand jeu suggesting risk, chance and deception) was coined in the 19th century to frame the rivalry between the competing British and Russian ...

Russia and Iran must feel the West’s escalation dominance to a level that not only destroys their ability to continue their ...

Discover more about Syria's religious demographics – what are the biggest & smallest groups & where do they live in the country?

Egypt’s 1979 peace treaty with Israel and the 1980s emergence – with Iranian aid – of Lebanon’s Hizbullah prompted Tehran to ...