Topic: Assad

Arab-Israeli normalization, which accelerated under former U.S. President Donald Trump, is likely to slow, as President Joe Biden restores relations with Palestinians and renews support for a two-state solution.

The U.S. military used two F-15E Strike Eagles in its airstrikes on Iranian-backed militias in eastern Syria, the Pentagon said in a briefing detailing the firepower the attack.

Russian officials said Friday that they "strongly condemn" U.S. airstrikes on Iranian-backed targets in eastern Syria and added that they're "closely monitoring" developments.

The removal of a judge who charged four senior politicians with negligence in the Beirut port explosion has raised fears of "political interference" and prompted renewed calls for an international investigation.

A Syrian man accused of aiding in the torture of dozens of people early during the country's civil war was found guilty in a historic verdict on Wednesday and sent to prison.

The theocratic dictatorship ruling Iran has been a disaster for its 80 million mainly young citizens, the majority of whom have known no other government.

In an interview on Al-Arabiya Al-Hadath TV on Christmas Eve, Zafer al-Aani, a senior member of the Iraqi Parliament, blamed the recent rocket attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad squarely on Iran.

The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed sanctions targeting the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad by blacklisting the nation's central bank and his wife.

The clever "mind games" played by the Iranian regime have been exposed more clearly than ever before.

Walid al-Moalem, Syria's long-time foreign minister and former ambassador to the United States, died on Monday, according to state-run media. He was 79.