Two weeks after his group seized power in Damascus, Syria's new leader Ahmed Al-Sharaa has launched an intensive diplomatic campaign, signaling a shift in regional dynamics. In high-profile meetings with Turkish and Lebanese officials,

The Syrian regime’s collapse came more quickly than the rebels had dreamed — the circumstances were both serendipitous and part of a larger global realignment.

DUBAI (Reuters) - 2025 will be a year of reckoning for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his country's arch foe Iran. The veteran Israeli leader is set to cement his strategic goals: tightening his military control over Gaza,

Tehran’s increasingly vulnerable position in the region has energized opposition activists and spurred hardliners to endorse the pursuit of nuclear weapons.

Iran has opened a direct line of communication with rebels in Syria's new leadership since its ally Bashar al-Assad was ousted, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Monday, in an attempt to "prevent a hostile trajectory" between the countries.

Syria's largest oil refinery, Baniyas, has reportedly halted its operations after losing crude shipments from Iran, its primary supplier. The Financial Times cited Syrian refinery's General Manager, Ibrahim Mousallem,

For Iran’s theocratic government, it keeps getting worse. Its decadeslong strategy of building an “Axis of Resistance” supporting militant groups and proxies around the region is falling apart.

One of Israel's goals in its campaign in the Gaza Strip has been to also weaken Iran. The fall of the Syrian dictator suggests the strategy is paying off. This could open up new options for the U.S.

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has denied his country has proxy forces around the Middle East, warning that if his country chose to "take action" it would not need them anyway.

Two weeks after seizing power in a sweeping offensive, Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa on Sunday said weapons in the country, including those held by Kurdish-led forces, would come under

Iran’s supreme leader says young Syrians will resist the new government emerging after the overthrow of President Bashar Assad as he again accused the United States and Israel of sowing chaos in the country.