Analysts say the diminishment of Hezbollah will have big consequences for Lebanon, where for decades it has been a major political player and for Iran, which has relied on the group as one of several proxy forces projecting power across the Middle East.

Timmerman said he was detained seven months ago after entering Syria without permission when he crossed the border from Lebanon.

The squares and streets of Damascus and other major cities were crowded Friday with cheerful Syrians who flocked to celebrate the "victory" of their revolution that led to the ouster of President Bashar Assad.

The United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan and lack of support for Ukraine has led to a loss of American influence and increased aggression from Russia, while the bipartisan support for Ukraine's defense against Russian aggression has strengthened its hand at the negotiating table.

They can repress, oppress and suppress a will, but sooner or later their seemingly stable regimes will fall.

After a 54-year rule, the Assad regime was toppled last weekend by a rebel advance that managed to overthrow the regime without much of a fight, largely because Assads forces deserted as the rebels advanced, while allies Russia, Iran, and Iranian proxy Hezbollah failed to come to Assads rescue (in Syria, at least). Israel followed up in a clean sweep operation, conducting nearly 500 airstrik...

Invoking its security, Israel moved quickly to seize border positions and smash Syrian military equipment after the fall of the Assad regime. But can it translate its strategic advantage into diplomatic achievements?

With the collapse of Bashar al-Assads regime, an ongoing Turkish-backed campaign by the Syrian National Army (SNA) rebels against the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) threatens to unravel...

Since the fall of the Assad regime, the Israeli Air Force has launched attacks on numerous strategic military facilities. Included among these facilities are chemical we...

The fall of the Syrian regime has resulted in the rise of violent jihadist forces, which could impose enduring costs on Western security, as the West continues to engage with the victorious HTS leadership, despite their terrorist activities.

By 2017, after six years of civil war, Bashar al-Assads Syria had settled into a new normal. It wasnt the placid, pre-Arab Spring normal the Assad family had enjoyed ever since cracking down on an Islamist insurgency in the 1980s, but it was something. With help from Russia, Iran, and Hezbollahand in a strange way, the United States, which was attacking ISISAssads forces had succ...