When westerners see 'enemy' governments fall, or civil wars erupt, they are led to think they are the geopolitical equivalent of a natural event. Nothing could be further from the truth ...

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After more than a year of fighting, Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem reflects on the lasting scars of this war and Lebanon’s uncertain future.

Rebel forces in Syria captured the capital Damascus and toppled the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick ...

Lebanon’s health ministry said an Israeli strike Wednesday in the country’s south killed one person, amid a fragile ceasefire ...

The arrests also follow a wave of attempted hits and kidnappings linked to Tehran in Europe and the United States.

Follow the latest on Syria Iran and its alliance in the Middle East has not been weakened despite the toppling of its ally ...

The dramatic downfall of Syrian President Bashar Assad presents possible danger, and an opening, for neighboring Israel.

Retired diplomat Chas Freeman and writer Pascal Lottaz discuss what happens now that Damascus is in the hands of Hayat Tahrir ...

Israel has been waging a renewed offensive against Hamas in Gaza’s isolated and heavily destroyed north since early October.

Palestinian medical officials said separate Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip killed at least 26 people overnight and into ...

US President Joe Biden is dispatching more senior aides to the Middle East in the next few weeks to clinch a Gaza ceasefire ...