Among the possible U.S. policies to reign in Israeli excesses, measures targeting illegal settlements in the West Bank might seem to be relatively

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Other presidents have struggled with political and logistical obstacles when trying to effect a rollback.

Libya’s sovereign wealth fund has been under UN sanctions since the revolt against Muammar al-Qadhafi in 2011. These measures restrict investment that would enlarge the fund. The UN has eased them, bu...

Western leaders don't know how to lift economic and financial sanctions once a war ends and elongated sanctions regimes need to be changed.

Key members of Syria’s interim government remain under UN sanctions, prolonging the country’s humanitarian crisis and hampering reconstruction. In this Q&A, Crisis Group experts explain why the UN Sec...

The Trump administration has put a 90-day hold on most U.S. foreign aid, with devastating effects on the system built over decades for preventing famine. The result may be more and deadlier famines, w...

The Trump administration must offer bolder reforms if it wants to prevent the new Syria from descending into chaos.

The Trump administration must offer bolder reforms if it wants to prevent the new Syria from descending into chaos.

The Trump administration must offer bolder reforms if it wants to prevent the new Syria from descending into chaos.

The Trump administration must offer bolder reforms if it wants to prevent the new Syria from descending into chaos.

The Trump administration must offer bolder reforms if it wants to prevent the new Syria from descending into chaos.

Isolating Damascus's new rulers won't moderate them.

EU efforts widely hailed as important but full co-ordination must wait for Washington’s new rulers

Isolating Damascus's new rulers won't moderate them.

Isolating Damascus's new rulers won't moderate them.

Isolating Damascus's new rulers won't moderate them.

In the wake of Assad’s fall, the biggest threat is chaos.

Calls are growing to lift sanctions on Syria so it can get aid to those in desperate need and then rebuild the country.

A model Department of Defense action memo illustrates what a faithful and careful application of the Leahy law to an alleged gross violation of human rights in Israel could look like.

Editorial board writer Farah Stockman argues ending the sanctions on Syria is the best way for America to help stabilize the country following the collapse of the Assad regime.

At last, Syria is free of the despised Assad regime. The long-suffering Syrian people deserve respite and a chance to rebuild the country on their own terms, with help not interference from outside.

U.S. sanctions policy in the country must change.

Trump may find that the global economic dynamics that might have supported such a strategy the last time aren't the same today.