Riyadh eyes opportunities across many domains in Syria (energy, health, technology, education, etc.), but recognises the extent to which Western sanctions stand in the way. Politically, the Kingdom ...

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

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 ...

After taking office, US President Donald Trump made a series of early foreign policy moves, including deploying military ...

That has irked Turkey, which supported the rebels now controlling Syria. Turkey considers the SDF to be an offshoot of the ...