Syria is fractured by competing armies but who holds power and where may be shifting as the US eyes an exit.

One expert speculated that such heavy military hardware would be needed if the US carried out a strike against Iran or its ...

Syria says it's open to allowing Russia to keep hold of two key military bases, months after rebel groups ousted Kremlin ally ...

At the meeting, where Russia was represented by its top Middle East envoy, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, neither ...

ELLIOTT ABRAMS is Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He served in senior positions ...

Jordanians say the country is not a 'banana republic' and reject US proposal to turn the enclave into the 'Riviera of the ...

The Hamas militant group said Thursday it would release the next three Israeli hostages as planned this weekend in exchange ...

(Tribune News Service) — Russia is struggling to retain two military bases in Syria that have enabled it to project influence in the Middle East and Africa, according to a person in Moscow ...

Possible consequences of military action include direct and indirect Iranian retaliation, such as missile attacks on Israel and US bases in the Middle East. Iran may also activate its proxies ...

The base's location allows the US to more easily conduct military operations in the region, such as the global hotspots of East Africa and the Middle East. The US has used the base as a hub for ...