“There is a real danger that eventually that will kick in to create a spiral of escalation,” Charles Lister, a senior fellow and head of the Syria Initiative at the Middle East Institute in ...

Just hours after Islamist rebels ousted longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in December, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...

Russia maintains two key military bases in Syria, including an air base in Hmeimim and a naval base in Tartous.

Her focus is reporting on politics and society in the Middle East. She has in depth knowledge ... Israel has pushed troops further into parts of southern Syria, citing the need to secure its ...