Turkey's military incursion into Syria is not merely another chapter of cyclical violence, but rather a calculated move based ...

Despite Russia's previous support for Assad, Russian influence in Syria not only endures thanks to energy ties but has ...

Ironically, however, the U.S., Israel, Europeans, the UAE and some other Arab states also want to save Assad, and so the only ...

One year into his rule Syria's leader has won over Trump and much of the West, but at home people know his weaknesses.

Following October 7, the entire strategic context in the Middle East shifted as well. Israel no longer tolerates delegating regional power brokers to manage its cold war with Iran; it now handles ...

In November 2015, a Russian Su-24 bomber strayed into Turkish airspace along the Syrian border. Within minutes, a Turkish F-16 fired an air-to-air missile and sent the jet spiraling to the ground. One ...

Turkey's indigenous Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV), the Bayraktar Akinci, demonstrated new precision-strike ...

Sharaa’s meeting with Trump will mark a significant shift for Syria which was aligned with Iran and Russia against the West ...

Turkey backed Syria's opposition forces from the start of the country's civil war in 2011. With Syrian dictator Bashar Assad ...

A year after the collapse of the Assad regime, Tel Aviv's increasingly aggressive regional strategy has left it mired in ...