Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

The president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, led the rebel group that seized control of Syria in December, ousting dictator Bashar al-Assad and the Iranian forces that supported him. In a wide-ranging ...

Syria’s newly appointed interim president, Ahmed al-Shara, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Sunday for his first foreign trip since ...

President Donald Trump’s plans for a U.S.-led occupation and redevelopment of the war-ravaged Gaza Strip would be costly, ...

The region is quite dynamic, with an intense flurry of diplomatic activity. The Middle East, and specifically Palestine, dominates the agenda. There are areas of convergence and divergence between ...