The UAE’s interventionist foreign policy, backing Assad in Syria and the RSF in Sudan, has backfired, damaging its global ...

The fall of the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has opened a window for wealthy Gulf countries to expand their influence as ...

Democrats bashing President Trump for striking Iran without congressional consent are bumping into an inconvenient history: ...

For more than 40 years, the Islamic Revolution that conquered Iran in 1979 has haunted the Middle East, expanding across the ...

Unexploded ordnance poses an elevated risk in the wake of the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, as displaced Syrians return home.

JAMES JEFFREY served as a Foreign Service Officer in seven U.S. administrations, including, during the first Trump ...

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa (3rd R) appears alongside of Arab leaders, US President Donald Trump, and Israeli Prime ...

Yemeni authorities say the Houthis are playing a major role in regional drug trafficking, turning Yemen into a new hub for the Captagon trade, which the group allegedly uses to finance its military ...

To my mind, Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, with the sole aim of wiping its democracy off the map and absorbing ...

Israel is the undisputed regional Strong Horse. That is not to shortchange the U.S. contribution. With just 75 precision-guided munitions, ...

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and others in the region have sought closer relations with Iran over recent years in ...