Both in Syria and Iraq, there are rising reports of pushes for Arabic to become a main language and demographic changes in ...

Post-Assad Syria is a battleground for Turkish, Saudi and Qatari influence, with Ankara gaining ground over U.S. aims ...

There is no doubt that the decision by General Mazloum Abdi, commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), to dissolve the forces is a historic one. This is because it steers the Kurds away from a ...

During the fight against ISIS, the SDF proved that the Kurds were useful allies to the United States. Now they may prove ...

For more than a decade, Syria’s Kurdish question has been inseparable from the country’s broader fragmentation. The civil war ...

In early April, a convoy of 299 Iraqi fuel tankers crossed into Syria on its way to the Mediterranean port of Baniyas, one of the few remaining paths to international markets amid the closure of the ...

Syria continues to move towards becoming a unified and stable state, and towards something more fundamental still: a normal ...

On the centenary of the founding of the city of Beth Zalin, the World Syriac Advisory Council (WSAC) issued a statement reviewing the city’s modern history, highlighting the role played by Syriacs and ...

The Trump administration removed Syria's terrorism sanctions too soon, surrendering leverage over a new regime still tied closely to Erdogan.

The United States does not need to occupy Iraq indefinitely. Nor should it offer unlimited or unconditional support to every ...

To understand Barrack, one must set him against his opposite: Brett McGurk, one of the most influential American officials in ...

Repairing this “cornerstone” state in the Mideast after decades of turmoil has required big leaps in unify and stability.