There’s a delicious Russian verb that derives from the criminal underworld: “koshmarit,” literally “to nightmare someone.” It ...

​ Patrick Healy, the deputy Opinion editor, hosted an online conversation with four Times Opinion columnists about how ...

The bombardment signals the risks of a deepening rift between two powerful regional militaries over Syria, where Islamist ...

DANA STROUL is Director of Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and served as U.S. Deputy Assistant ...

This week's phone call between Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani and Syria’s President Ahmad Al Shara represented a new push in relations between the neighbouring countries, at a time of ...

The last weeks of 2024 have brought monumental changes to the Syrian situation, triggered by events in Gaza and Lebanon. On December 8, 2024, Syrian President ...

Activists in Egypt accuse the European Union of not using their leverage with the Cairo government to better protect them and to press for human rights. A range of dissidents told me during a research ...

Walter Salles To Open Qatar's Qumra Meeting Offering Safe Harbor To Marginalised Voices In Politically-Charged Times ...

Amid global calls for greater inclusivity, Syrian interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa appoints a new transitional government ...

The new government in Syria, formed after the fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad, is working to disband local militias to form ...

All told, despite sectarian divisions, Syrians are surprisingly upbeat. Except for Alawites, three-quarters of whom want ...

Today is, in President Trump’s telling, “Liberation Day.” For decades, many countries have imposed higher trade barriers on ...