The German and French foreign ministers are heading to Damascus to send what the German minister said is a clear signal that a “political new beginning” between Europe and Syria is possible.

In a wide-ranging interview, the political economist Helen Thompson discusses how the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria has ...

The two Mideast powerhouses have been trying to block the rise of Islamist groups in the region for two decades. The rebel ...

However, with the collapse of the Islamic Republic’s hegemonic project, the Middle East is poised for significant changes. The immediate fallout will be most visible in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, where ...

The last year was a dramatic one in the Middle East, bringing calamity to some and hope to others ... The country battered by ...

The Middle East is an artificial construct created by British and French diplomats after World War I, and the recent collapse ...

Houthi rebels in Yemen say Israeli airstrikes targeted the rebel-held capital of Sanaa and the port city of Hodeida.

Syrians who remained loyal to him through years of civil war fume that he left without a word. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Cardinal Dominique Mathieu, the Latin-rite archbishop of Tehran-Isfahan, Iran, who Pope Francis elevated to the cardinalate earlier this month, finds himself at the center of an increasingly ...

The Israeli military has ordered another evacuation in central Gaza ahead of an offensive in the area, even as Israel and the ...