Global powers, friends and foes alike, are stepping up to show support for Lebanon after Beirut’s deadly blast, but the country has often been a venue for intersecting geopolitical interests.
State Department remains concerned by Turkey’s proxy fighters in northern Syria
Turkey-allied fighters have faced widespread accusations of arbitrary detentions, extrajudicial killings and other abuses in northern Syria.
Saving Lebanon | Opinion
This is an important conversation—just not the conversation going on in Lebanon right now. Israel has had three red lines throughout the Syrian Civil War that began in 2011: What is clear is that …
Can Syria’s Kurds reel in Turkey with profits from American oil deal?
As further details emerge about the deal struck between an obscure American oil company and the Kurdish-led autonomous administration of northeast Syria, it is increasingly clear that the accord is as …
Trump’s Syria Sanctions ‘Cannot Solve the Problem,’ Critics Say
Without a broader diplomatic effort, the newest and toughest penalties will worsen a humanitarian crisis without forcing a leadership change, experts say.
Little-known U.S. firm secures deal for Syrian oil
Former diplomat and special forces soldier got green light to work with Kurds to develop crude in northeastern Syria.
Israel bombs targets in southern Syria amid tensions
The Israeli military said it thwarted an infiltration attempt from Syria early Monday, likely killing four suspected militants it accused of trying to plant explosives.
Israel launches air strikes on Syria after thwarted border attack
Israel launched air strikes on Syrian military targets in southern Syria late Monday, after thwarting an attack near the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights. In Damascus, the state-run news a …
Israeli jets strike targets in Syria, nearly 24 hours after foiling attack in Golan Heights
The Israeli military estimated that four members of a militant cell from Syria were killed in the Golan incident.
30 Turkish military vehicles enter Syria: monitor
DAMASCUS, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) — A total of 30 Turkish military vehicles entered northern Syria on Tuesday, the latest batch of such military backup since March, a war monitor reported. The vehicles …