A historian explains why U.S. sanctions and Iran and Russia’s entanglements in other wars helped create an opening for rebel ...

Since the two-month ceasefire in Lebanon began last Wednesday, the deal has been rattled by near daily Israeli attacks, ...

The Israeli military said it killed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah's liaison with the Syrian army in an air strike on Damascus on Tuesday as a fragile six-day-old ceasefire stutters.

By Maya Gebeily and Suleiman Al-Khalidi BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) -Syrian rebels advancing against government forces pushed ...

Islamist-led rebels are pressing a major offensive in northern Syria in which they seized the second city Aleppo from the government for the first time since civil war erupted in 2011.

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Surge in strikes have strained truce between Israel and Hezbollah. While insurgents in Syria make fresh gains against forces ...

The US and NATO-backed war for regime change in Syria, launched in 2011, has been revived. Turkey, Syria’s northern neighbour ...

Lebanon’s Health Ministry and state media say Israeli forces have carried out several new drone and artillery strikes in ...

Last week, apparently catching the world by surprise, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebels launched a surprise offensive against ...

The consequences of recent events in the Middle East and their impact on the military balance. Thomas L. Friedman shares his ...

The Syrian civil war has reignited after four years of docility, with five main players deciding the course of events.