Under the Assad regime, Saydnaya prison became a mass-killing machine; ‘a symbol of shame for the whole world.’ ...

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

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

Roxana Saberi felt like she was back behind bars in Tehran. As she watched Israel’s bombing of Evin prison, the notorious detention facility at the core of Iran’s political repression, she shuddered ...

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

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 ...

Wassim Assad, who had long appeared on US sanctions lists for supporting armed groups and financing the trade of Captagon, an illicit stimulant, tried to reenter the country using forged documents and ...

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 ...

Two days before Araghchi arrived in Cairo, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan visited Damascus, an Iranian stronghold before the overthrow of Bashar Al-Assad’s regime in December last ...

Huge projects were stymied early by corruption, sanctions and money problems, and the plans went spectacularly wrong with the fall of Assad. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (L) and his Iranian ...