Last weekend, Saudi Arabia ditched the comprehensive defense pact it had been pursuing with the U.S. in favor of a smaller, more limited military cooperation agreement. At first glance, ...

The new Syria. Syria’s new leaders will not allow their territory to be used for attacks against Israel, and so Israeli forces should withdraw ...

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Regional reaction. Turkey condemned Israel’s plan, approved over the weekend, to expand settlements in the occupied Golan Heights. In a statement, the Turkish Foreign Ministry accused Israel of ...

The re-election of Donald Trump has brought Mexico’s relationship with the United States back to the fore. The president-elect has made clear on several occasions his intent to crack down on ...

Syria’s civil war, which began in 2011, displaced more than 13 million people, including nearly 5 million who fled abroad.

(click to enlarge) Syria’s civil war, which began in 2011, displaced more than 13 million people, including nearly 5 million who fled abroad. However, with the sudden collapse of Bashar ...

Reaching out. Moscow is in direct contact with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the group that led the rebellion that overthrew the Assad regime in Syria, Russian ...

European authorities are pretty sure someone is deliberately cutting their undersea cables and scrambling ships’ navigation systems in the Baltic Sea, and they are pretty sure Russia is involved. They ...