Rakov is known in the JISS for being an expert on Russian policy in the Middle East and is also a reservist Lt. Colonel in ...

Thousands of insurgents have been advancing toward Aleppo city since a shock offensive they launched on Wednesday, seizing ...

The 13-year civil war in Syria has roared back into prominence with a surprise rebel offensive on one of Syria’s largest ...

Stung by its failings in the 2006 war, and in view of the political ‘bloodletting’ that followed the war, Israel learnt its ...

Israel has attacked and destroyed infrastructure at a border crossing between Syria and Lebanon being used to provide weapons ...

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militants have taken control of “the majority of the city,” according to The Syrian Observatory of Human ...

The strike highlighted the dangerous work of delivering aid in Gaza, where the war has displaced much of the 2.3 million ...

Syria’s civil war is back in the spotlight after a new rebel coalition launched a surprise attack, sweeping into the ...

Syria’s antigovernment forces claimed a stunning advance into Aleppo, in a setback for the government in Damascus and its ...

Edan Alexander, a 20-year-old Israeli soldier and U.S. citizen held hostage by Hamas since Oct. 7, 2023, was shown alive in a ...

As the truce appeared to largely hold, a deal appeared far away in Gaza, where an Israeli strike killed dozens, according to ...