Ahmed al-Shara’s UN speech last week presented an idealized Syria far removed from the perilous reality. “The president is here,” a coordinator announced, rushing to the entrance of a lavish private ...

While the current peace proposal for Gaza, authored by Israel and the US, no longer includes displacement of Palestinians to Egypt's Sinai peninsula, Cairo is right to be concerned such an idea is a ...

Tim Graham is director of media analysis at the Media Research Center and executive editor of the blog NewsBusters.org. As we approach the second anniversary of Hamas mercilessly slaughtering 1,200 ...

Israeli forces have begun attacking vessels and arresting activists from the Gaza-bound Sumud Flotilla, after intercepting a number of ships at sea.

The U.S. effort to fight ISIS will refocus on Syria as troops draw down from Iraq over the next year, a defense official said.

When Israel struck senior Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar, confusion spread quickly in Washington. Hamas is the U.S.-designated terrorist group responsible for the Oct. 7 massacre. Yet Qatar, where those ...

Violence against the press is a rising trend worldwide—whether in the line of fire in fierce conflicts, or on the front lines of covering repressive regimes.

Since March’s massacres, low-level violence has been simmering on the coast, raising fears that any unrest could develop into a new anti-government insurgency ...

President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan for the Gaza Strip is a smart plan for turning a bomb crater into a launchpad for peace — for taking a terrible, terrible war in Gaza and leveraging it to ...

Syrian government fighters entered the city of Sweida over the summer in an apparent bid to assert control over the enclave of the Druze minority that for years ha ...

Trump has reason for optimism. Something is brewing. There’s actual momentum to change the status quo. Major regional players and key international actors have made moves in recent weeks that may have ...

Hezbollah, which emerged weakened from a war with Israel, now faces an existential crisis as it struggles to cope with sweeping changes across the Middle East ...