When westerners see 'enemy' governments fall, or civil wars erupt, they are led to think they are the geopolitical equivalent of a natural event. Nothing could be further from the truth ...

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After more than a year of fighting, Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem reflects on the lasting scars of this war and Lebanon’s uncertain future.

Rebel forces in Syria captured the capital Damascus and toppled the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick ...

Lebanon’s health ministry said an Israeli strike Wednesday in the country’s south killed one person, amid a fragile ceasefire ...

The arrests also follow a wave of attempted hits and kidnappings linked to Tehran in Europe and the United States.

Follow the latest on Syria Iran and its alliance in the Middle East has not been weakened despite the toppling of its ally ...

The dramatic downfall of Syrian President Bashar Assad presents possible danger, and an opening, for neighboring Israel.

Retired diplomat Chas Freeman and writer Pascal Lottaz discuss what happens now that Damascus is in the hands of Hayat Tahrir ...

Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip have killed at least 29 people, including one attack on a home where displaced people were ...

Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip killed at least 26 people overnight and into Wednesday, including one that hit a home where ...

Multiple people familiar with the discussions say the White House is working with the incoming Trump administration to reach a hostage deal to halt the war between Israel and Hamas.