The United States will shut down most of its military bases in Syria, consolidating operations to a single location, as part of a policy overhaul announced by its new special envoy. Thomas Barrack ...

Syria opposed the formation of Israel and went to war with it following its declaration of statehood. Syria signed an armistice agreement with Israel in 1949, but a new source of friction, the ...

After seven breathless days of diplomatic hurly burly, we have a clearer idea of the US president's global ideology - and the ...

The American side emphasizes that as part of a comprehensive strategy to defeat ... the Pentagon announced that the US had increased its military presence in Syria and provided the reasons for ...

Three energy-rich Gulf Arab nations are racing to turn their influence over Donald Trump into tangible gains with the president set to visit this week.

Saudi Arabia, Qatar and United Arab Emirates each have their own agendas that make a relationship with the US crucial.

The United States has started ... flagged members of the new Syrian administration in connection with war crimes during the civil war. The concern is less about strategy and more about who exactly ...

In a region already plagued by decades of militarisation, enforced disappearances, and economic marginalisation, the ...

"We wouldn't like to see some kind of nuclear race in the Middle East," Israeli diplomat Tsach Saar told Newsweek.

Threats by western nations to recognise the West Bank and Gaza as a Palestinian state will encourage extremist right-wing ...

“We’re moving from eight bases to just one,” he said, implying a reorientation of military strategy rather than a complete withdrawal. Barak also praised the evolving cooperation between the United ...

Thousands of foreign fighters fought alongside the Syrian rebel groups that toppled the Assad dictatorship. Many plan to stay ...