Empires rarely fall on the battlefield; they implode under the weight of their own arrogance and corruption. The hubris radiating from the White House ...

Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has expressed defiance after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw ...

Kurds are the casualties of a US Syria strategy that aims to keep America afar, Iran out and Israel and Turkey apart.

President Trump’s “big armada” featuring an aircraft-carrier strike group has arrived near Iran — with the commander in chief ...

Iran's bloody crackdown on nationwide protests killed at least 6,126 people while many others still are feared dead, ...

As Congress and law enforcement agencies take a stepped-up approach to disrupting terrorism financing, they should consider ...

Rachel Sayre said the impacts of Operation Metro Surge on community members is similar to what she’s witnessed in conflict ...

Syria’s tribes, sensing it was time to split from the Kurds and ally with Syria’s government, mobilised. That spelled the end ...

President Trump’s bet on Syria’s new leader is facing a pivotal moment, as Kurdish forces are under attack from President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s forces in the northeast and facing growing pressure to ...

Michael Jacobson, Senior Fellow in The Washington Institute's Jeanette and Eli Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism and ...

The Middle East has been compared to a large bazaar. The more you get into it, the more confusing and complex it becomes.

Trump went long on Sharaa, a high-volatility counterparty and burned his hedge, the Kurds, simultaneously. Without a hedge it ...