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Sednaya and the Assad regime's practices were not particularly aberrant, in the context of the recent history of Syria ...

Since 2011, over 1.5 million Syrians fled Assad's chemical attacks and persecution, seeking stability in Lebanon ...

Anything is better than Assad, isn't it? That is the gut reaction of many looking at developments in Syria today ...

Ahmed Sharaa, as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani now calls himself, is now the de facto ruler in the Syrian capital of Damascus ...

Israel, which borders Syria and has illegally occupied the Syrian Golan Heights for almost sixty years, has been using the power vacuum ...

So far, Syria hasn't been destroyed. Jolani has learned from history and refused to completely replace the existing government ...

There was an Israeli drone buzzing over Beirut at 8 a.m. on November 27, four hours after a ceasefire was signed and the shooting stopped.

It is too early to speak of Vladimir Putin's strategic defeat in the Middle East. It doesn't look good for him but only time will tell ...

Beijing has given Assad strong diplomatic and political support, while offering to help him rebuild his war-torn country ...

Iran's strategy now appears increasingly unsustainable. Without Assad in Syria, its power may be waning quicker than imagined ...