The U.S. had to expend 70 or more Patriots and Thaads to blunt an attack on Jordan.

The mission by a sanctioned ship indicates that the site survived the overthrow of Moscow’s allied Assad regime.

Israel set up the base for special forces and search-and-rescue teams, and launched airstrikes against Iraqi troops who almost discovered it early in the war.

President Trump demanded opening the strait. Tehran’s Revolutionary Guard is limiting ship traffic and charging tolls

Worried about hits to infrastructure, many are now buying generators and packing survival kits.

Iranians interviewed at Kapikoy in Turkey describe their escape to safety, as others return home and into the unknown.

Hopes for quickly reviving trade through the strait are dimming without U.S. naval escorts as Iran steps up attacks.

Al Tanf, long a cornerstone of the fight against Islamic State, has been handed over to the Syrian government as part of a broader drawdown of American troops.

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A flurry of diplomatic activity reflects concerns that military action could destabilize the region.

Cut off from the rest of the world, the tens of thousands of Iranians who protested against the regime are feeling the full force of its brutal crackdown

Pro-government forces a seize military base, oil facilities and a dam on the Euphrates river in a weekend offensive before reaching a truce with the Kurdish-led militia.

Bad loans to regime cronies brought down Ayandeh Bank, accelerating a long-running financial crisis.

Intelligence files found in a Damascus prison complex reveal cases that led to brutal detentions; a wife records a husband.

Jamil Hassan left behind a legacy of deaths and torture when he escaped the Syrian revolution last year. Now his former victims are trying to bring him to justice.

Reports by U.S. intelligence agencies show an increase in the flow of materiel from the U.A.E. to the rebel Rapid Support Forces since the spring, according to U.S. officials.

Egyptian authorities detained prominent independent journalist Ismail Iskandarani over Facebook posts.

The Trump administration is seeking congressional approval for the sales, moving forward despite Israel’s recent missile strike on Hamas in Qatar.

Under the Assad regime, Saydnaya prison became a mass-killing machine; ‘a symbol of shame for the whole world.’

Under the Assad regime, Saydnaya prison became a mass-killing machine; ‘a symbol of shame for the whole world.’

A preliminary classified intelligence report produced by the Defense Intelligence Agency counters the White House’s claims of more extensive damage.

Activist Thunberg planned to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza in defiance of an Israeli blockade on the enclave.

The Trump administration has stopped financing new weapons sales to Ukraine and is considering freezing weapons shipments from U.S. stockpiles, current and former U.S. officials said.

The call from Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the PKK, could have far-reaching consequences for Turkey, Syria, and the broader region.

Rescission of the order, imposed by President Joe Biden as he struggled with the civilian toll caused by Israel’s war in Gaza, comes as Trump puts his mark on U.S. foreign policy.

Gaza, Syria, and the region’s next crisis.

Hastily abandoned documents show how the fallen government’s vast intelligence apparatus struggled to comprehend and stop the rapid rebel advance.

The cease-fire deal requires Israel’s troops to be out by Feb. 18, but the country is seeking an extension.

The assessment near the end of President Biden’s term found that the risks have increased as Tehran has been weakened.

The Trump administration has asked congressional leaders to approve new transfers of roughly $1 billion worth of bombs and other military hardware to Israel, according to U.S. officials familiar with ...

The money was frozen after payments alarmed Justice Department investigators who found Russia and Turkey used a nuclear plant to sidestep U.S. sanctions.

The money was frozen after payments alarmed Justice Department investigators who found Russia and Turkey used a nuclear plant to sidestep U.S. sanctions.

Hastily abandoned documents show how the fallen government’s vast intelligence apparatus struggled to comprehend and stop the rapid rebel advance.

The Biden administration notified Congress of an $8 billion weapons package for Israel, including thousands of bombs, missiles, and artillery shells, in one of the largest new arms sales since the wa...

Syrians searching for missing loved ones are scouring the country’s most notorious prison for information and anyone still alive, while bodies of detainees recovered from the prison fill the coroner’s...

Syrians searching for missing loved ones are scouring the country’s most notorious prison for information and anyone still alive, while bodies of detainees recovered from the prison fill the coroner’s...

A Wall Street Journal reporter in Damascus tours the dictator’s former home, office and underground bunker.

A Wall Street Journal reporter in Damascus tours the dictator’s former home, office and underground bunker.

Capturing Hama would leave just one major city, Homs, in government hands on the road from rebel-held northern Syria to Damascus.

Airstrikes aim to weaken supply lines feeding a resurgent Islamist rebel movement.

Syria’s antigovernment forces claimed a stunning advance into Aleppo, in a setback for the government in Damascus and its allies Russia and Iran.