President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria has now endured through nearly nine years of civil conflict. The question for those invested in Syria’s future is no longer whether the regime will survive but how it will seek to consolidate its power before ending the war still ravaging the...

The landmark 2015 deal between Tehran and world powers aimed at preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons has been teetering on the edge of collapse since the United States pulled out unilaterally in 2018. The European Union says it will “spare no effort” to keep the deal alive, but...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The death of Iran’s top General in a U.S. air strike on Friday has sparked speculation among Syrians over a Syrian Intelligence role as the last stop for Maj. Gen Qaseem Soleimani was in Damascus before landing in Baghdad. The Monday's visit of Ali Mamlouk, Head of...

President Donald Trump is not the first American leader to have Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in his sights, but he was the first to pull the trigger. It’s a pattern that has emerged throughout Trump’s presidency. On a range of national security matters, he has cast aside the same...