Since the beginning of the Syrian civil war in 2011, the nation has become a battleground for competing hegemons. The United ...

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

As an ancient identity left stateless, Assyrians stand as the most concrete example of this reality. From Mesopotamia to the ...

The Middle East has experienced profound changes since the last decade, beginning with the“Arab Spring” revolutions and ...

Iran’s appeal to Chinese policymakers has declined with the near annihilation of its status in the Middle East. What’s next ...

The European Council has been following the situation in the Middle East very closely since Hamas' terrorist attacks against Israel of 7 October 2023. The European Council is deeply alarmed by the ...

The artificial state entities imposed on Arabs in the Middle East under Western influence are now turning back on their creators and rulers, extracting a bloody price from all involved.

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A new chapter has opened in the Middle East with the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday at a press conference in Jerusalem — his first ...

He was also the linchpin of the so-called Axis of Resistance, the group of radical states and militias determined to kick out the US from the Middle East. And if this was not enough, Mr Assad’s ...

For more than a decade, Syria’s multi-front civil war had raged, leaving the country divided and scarred. And for most of that time, the fighting showed little sign of stopping. Then, within a ...

Didier Billion, deputy director of the French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (Iris) and an expert on Turkey and the Middle East, spoke to FRANCE 24. FRANCE 24: What role did ...