"To be honest, the Alawites clearly ask for international protection," a former Syrian diplomat told Newsweek.

Iran, the world’s fifth-largest oil producer and third-largest gas producer, claims its nuclear program is for civilian use.

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In a television interview, Trump suggested that further turmoil could be expected before his vision of “building a great ...

In 2023, Mr. Netanyahu outlined elements of his vision in an address to the United Nations General Assembly. The prime minister held up a map that erased Palestine and showed the Golan Heights, ...

The Druze are overseen by their spiritual leader, Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif, from the northern Israeli town of Julis. When asked ...

The death toll from two days of clashes between security forces and loyalists of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 600, a war monitoring ...

Syria’s Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa signed off on a constitutional declaration for a five-year-long transitional period ...

The advances are detailed in a map produced by the Critical Threats ... namely through the militant groups backed by the Islamic Republic such as Hamas and Hezbollah. A prolonged Israeli troop ...

Lebanon is an Arab country of 5.5 million in Southwest Asia bordering occupied Palestine. This tiny country has had its ...

Syria kept a central role for Islamic law in a constitutional declaration issued on March 13. Here is a look at sects and minorities in Syria, which has been destroyed by years of civil war ...