The hopes of liberalization raised at the start of Hafez al-Assad's son's rule were short-lived. Urged by his family, the ...

Amid the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf War and talks with Israel, Hafez al-Assad's top priority was ...

The rebel chief who led the overthrow of the longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad has been declared the head of government for a ...

Lebanon formed a new government on Saturday, following unusually direct U.S. intervention in the process and in a step ...

Syria was the dominant power in Lebanon for three decades under the Assad family, with president Hafez al-Assad intervening in its 1975-1990 civil war and his son Bashar al-Assad only withdrawing ...

Hundreds of Syrians who sought refuge in Cyprus after the onset of civil war over a decade ago have withdrawn asylum ...

Since Bashar al-Assad fled the country and Ahmad al-Sharaa arrived in Damascus, eventually being declared president, every speech and interview he has given, whether televised or in print, reflects a ...

A historic shake-up of the Middle East is starting to draw international investors, warming to the prospects of relative ...

The timeline, which has not been previously reported, said that Gabbard and Bashar al-Assad ... Syria and Lebanon by Bassam Khawam, a Cleveland-based activist affiliated with pro-Assad groups.

Lebanon’s newly elected President Joseph ... following its devastating war with Israel and the toppling of the group’s ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria last month. Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr ...

the weakening of Iran and the fall of Bashar al-Assad‘s regime in Syria – have changed the political realities in Lebanon. Iran’s and al-Assad’s influence in the country has waned ...

ELLIOTT ABRAMS is Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He served in senior positions ...