In 2011, the Syrian people protested peacefully against the regime of Bashar al-Assad. It was Iran and its main proxy Hezbollah that swiftly advised Assad that making concessions to the protesters ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has spent almost four decades as Shi'ite Iran's supreme leader building a regional power to rival the ...

The "friends" most discussed by netizens include the late Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, former Iraqi president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, and Zimbabwean President ...

The question now is what a shaken Islamic Republic in dire economic straits will do with what Iranian President Masoud ...

In just 12 days, Israel eliminated the leadership of Iran’s military, air force, and intelligence agency; bombed the country’s nuclear sites; and took out dozens of missiles and launchers on the ...

The current conflict between Israel and Iran is a high-stakes gamble where the ultimate outcome may be determined by which ...

It’s no exaggeration to say that the most extreme and reactionary government in Israel’s history is in part a byproduct of ...

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Assad’s regime was toppled, Charlie Smart, a reporter at The New York Times, traveled to a mass burial site in Syria to ...

A new documentary from Frontline explores the quest for stability in Syria in the months since opposition forces caused former President Bashar al-Assad’s government to fall. Ahmed al-Sharaa was the ...

Once seen as a modernizer, Bashar al-Assad’s leadership quickly descended into authoritarianism, marked by mass repression and a devastating civil war. This video traces his ascent to power ...