The fall of the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has opened a window for wealthy Gulf countries to expand their influence as ...

The UAE’s interventionist foreign policy, backing Assad in Syria and the RSF in Sudan, has backfired, damaging its global ...

Israel is interested in establishing formal diplomatic relations with long-standing adversaries Syria and Lebanon, but the ...

Trump’s Syria strategy aims to enable US military withdrawal while weakening Iran’s influence, pressuring Hezbollah, and ...

Leaders set to discuss ‘positive developments’ in Mideast * Source: US president pressuring Israel, Hamas to clinch deal by ...

Another sign that Syria is moving in positive directions occurred during the Israel-Iran war. As Arab governments lambasted Israel’s air campaign, Syria refrained from issuing a single formal ...

Syria’s return to oil exports after the fall of the Assad regime is seen by many as a sign that Iran’s Shia Crescent of ...

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa has begun a tour of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, marking his second visit to the region and his first since most international sanctions on Syria were ...

Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other Gulf Arab countries expressed dismay over the American attack, but stopped short of condemning the United States, a key ally. By Vivian Nereim June 22, 2025 ...

"The Iranian strike on the American base in Qatar demonstrated how beholden the Gulf Arabs are to the United States." ...

President Trump, who weeks ago rebuked America’s misadventures in the Middle East, appears to be on the cusp of his own ...

The United States has maintained a military presence in the Middle East for decades, currently stationing between 40,000 and ...