The United States and Iran begin high-stakes talks on Tehran’s nuclear program in Muscat on Saturday, with President Donald Trump threatening military action should they fail to produce a new deal. These will be the highest-level discussions between the foes since an international...

Senior UN officials have warned that repeated Israeli attacks and violations on Syrian territory directly threaten the political transition the country has been undergoing since the fall of the former regime last December. This came during an emergency session convened by the UN Security...

A document dated August 17, 2016, revealed details of an expanded security and military meeting held in the office of the then-Security Officer of the Republican Guard, Brigadier General Qais al-Farawi. The meeting aimed to develop a mechanism and operational plan for the siege of the towns...

A list of dozens of militias established by the former Syrian regime during the years of the revolution to suppress the popular movement and fight alongside it. Documented by the "Black List Book," it includes the names of the militias, their number of members, their areas of deployment,...