The Syrian conflict highlights the devastating impact of foreign interventions, proxy wars, and ideological ambitions, ...
Through its assertive Neo-Ottomanist policies Ankara aims to become the primary architect of Syria’s future while countering rival powers like Iran and Russia.
From this brief mandate, Syria inherited a parliamentary system modeled after France’s, but political parties were little ...
It seems that the Syrian and Lebanese people’s way out of their ordeal is of two phases. The first, which is now nearing its end, is the phase of foreign (Iranian and, in Syria’s case, Russia as well) ...
Deputy Foreign Minister Vahan Kostanian expressed Armenia’s readiness to forge ties with Syria’s new leadership when he ...
Three concentric circles of domestic, regional, and global actors compete for power and influence in Syria because of the ...
Turkey is returning to the Middle East in pursuit of a dimension of its identity that has been in the shadows over the past century, writes Tarek Osman ...
On the other hand, he has threatened to “bury” the Kurds “in the ground” if they do not respond to Bahceli’s overtures and ...
When Islamabad takes inspiration from Ankara, terrorism thrives, democracies suffer, and the world becomes far less safe ...
An array of domestic and foreign powers are vying for influence in Lebanon, including the Lebanese Armed Forces, Hezbollah, ...
To truly understand this angst, one must understand Jewish history and one of the main reasons for Israel’s establishment as ...
Until recently the most that people tended to know about cold and sparsely populated Greenland is that it is not small and ...