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

French President Emmanuel Macron spoke to Syria's interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in a phone call that covered the transition ...

Civil servants are facing increasing pressure to leave their jobs as a deadline approaches to take a deal offered by the ...

Macron and Al-Sharaa discussed the lifting of sanctions on Syria, the country's roadmap to economic and social recover post-Assad and fighting terrorism.

Sharaa, also known by the nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Julani, is the leader of the Hayat Tahrir-al-Sham, the rebel group ...

President Donald Trump, who said he wanted to end Middle East wars, is stumbling toward a dangerous new entanglement with his talk of expelling Palestinians from Gaza and seizing the territory for the ...

This is an audio transcript of the Rachman Review podcast episode: ‘Trump sets his sights on Gaza property deal’ ...

Pankaj Mishra’s latest book, The World after Gaza, looks at the recent Gaza conflict—where Israel unleashed violence on Gaza ...