Iran and Turkey are vying for dominance, impacting regional stability, alliances, and Israel’s strategic challenges in an ...

The US, EU and Britain have relatively altruistic interests: to see a benign, stable government established in Syria.

A number of rare religious relics were uncovered in 2024, with some on display to the public, giving people a better understanding about the time they first appeared in history.

Islamic supremacism will not change. Just last week, Recep Erdogan said that Jerusalem still belongs to Turkey because it was part of the Ottoman Empire so many years ago. As long as there are Islamic ...

The war that Hamas launched on October 7, 2023, has inspired jihadists around the world. Chants of ‘globalize the intifada’ lead Western extremists ...

The renewed negotiations between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers Party, which Turkey has been trying to suppress for 40 ...

In a wide-ranging interview, the political economist Helen Thompson discusses how the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria has ...

Israel’s genocidal war against the Palestinians in Gaza shows no sign of ending more than a year after its beginning, while ...

Since capturing Damascus, Ahmed al-Sharaa (also known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani) has sought to present a pragmatic face. In interviews with the Arab press and meetings with top diplomats, he has ...

Steven Simon is a Distinguished Fellow and Visting Professor at Dartmouth College and a senior fellow at the Quincy Institute ...

Ukraine is pledging support for the new authorities in Syria, which was once a key Russian ally in the Mideast.

Al-Monitor's top articles of 2024 delivered exclusive reporting on the Middle East's tumultuous year. From Assad's fall in ...