The conflict with Iran is the latest in a decadeslong series of regime change operations, long-term entanglements, and all-out wars that always seem to invite more problems.
Syrian Kurdish rebels and the new Syrian government have agreed to reunite peacefully. The U.S. military may have helped broker the agreement.
The Trump administration’s math on Middle Eastern energy supplies just doesn’t add up.
The president says he wants peace in the Middle East. But his plans are all over the place.
The Caesar Act was meant to punish Bashar Assad’s government. It’s now a serious obstacle to Syria’s reconstruction.
Turkey is taking advantage of the power vacuum in Syria to crush the Kurdish-led anti-authoritarian uprising. And it's not clear what the U.S. wants.
The Syrian civil war is over, at least for now. But the Biden and Trump administrations both seem keen on shaping the outcome—and U.S. partners are gearing up to invade.
The CIA spent four years trying to overthrow the Syrian government. It failed. But a former leader of Al Qaeda might do it in a few weeks.
Washington quietly funded Israeli-Iranian proxy wars for years. Now American men and women are directly involved.
The Turkish government tried to hand over a mayorship to someone who only got 27 percent of the vote. Residents just weren’t having it.
The Turkish opposition ran circles around President Recep Tayyib Erdogan's party in local elections. It could be the beginning of the end of his 20-year reign.
In Statelet of Survivors, Amy Austin Holmes shows why the Syrian Kurdish revolution is no longer just for Kurds.
Politicians in Syria, Turkey, and the United States are getting in the way of relief efforts.
Religious Kurds used social media to shut down a rap concert—and they're swinging their weight around politics, too.
The Kurds of Northern Syria are trying something different, for better or worse.
There are Middle Easterners hidden among the Latin Americans seeking entry at the U.S. border. But they're not who you think.
They have been loyal U.S. allies and don't deserve to be slaughtered by Turkey.
Plus: The Kurds "didn't help us in the Second World War" anyway, says the president. And more...
Reshuffling is not only a haphazard half-measure—it is no substitute for the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria.
It should lift the travel ban and bring them with it
