During 2019 and 2020, Iran faced its worst economic crisis in 40 years while it was trying to seize as much of the Syrians’ property. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani admitted as much, confirming that his country’s efforts have failed to circumvent recent US sanctions, which...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Abrar Zenkawi was cruising toward the beach in Kuwait City when she saw a man waving and smiling in her rearview mirror. Elsewhere, this may have been a benign highway flirtation. But in Kuwait, it’s a haunting routine that often turns dangerous. The...

The United States announced a resumption of aid to Yemen’s rebel-held north on Friday to fight a looming famine as the country’s nearly six-year-old war grinds on. U.N. officials warned that a blockade of fuel deliveries to a main port was heightening the world’s worst humanitarian...

By Bassam Barabandi and Deyaa Alrwishdi A decade ago, civilian protests broke out across Syria. The regime has met the demands of civilians with excessive violence, which led to militarizing these protests and made Syria an arena for proxy wars and battles waged by many countries....