and Iran, I don’t believe, as many in the region are suggesting, that this was a false-flag operation cooked up between them. But Sunni grievances have allowed such theories to gain traction." ...

A Syrian army soldier places a Syrian national flag during a battle ... came in the form of Iran, which needed Syria as a ...

Thousands gathered in Beirut Friday to mark 20 years since the assassination of ex-premier Rafic Hariri, and to call for the ...

But look beyond appearances, and Lebanon has changed. Hizbullah’s Shia heartlands in south Beirut and Lebanon’s southern ...

It was echoed by all security bodies in every forum. This assumption was based on a neo-Marxist worldview that sees man as a ...

Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim men from the Iranian-backed group Kataib Hezbollah wave the party's flags as they walk along ... in power in Damascus were among the Sunni Muslim militants that entered ...

Syria’s newly appointed interim president, Ahmed al-Shara, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Sunday for his first foreign trip since ...

Though Tehran scrambled to help the Assads face off the rebel assault, soldiers were turning on their own commanders ...

At least five prisoners who supported Islamic State were killed after attacking guards with knives and trying to break out of a jail in Tajikistan, a law enforcement source said.

Hamas named the next three Israeli hostages it plans to release this weekend as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal with Israel.

At least one wore a hat with the Islamic State flag ... parts of Iran, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, as well as areas of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Tajikistan, a predominantly Sunni Muslim ...