Syrian Civil War

If we remain on the current course, future historians are likely to record the slaughter of innocent Syrians, and the resulting harm done to America’s national interests and moral standing,...

“Out with the new, in with the old” appears to be the doctrine for U.S. policy in Syria in 2023. U.S. troops are resuming operations after a pause in the...

American warplanes just bombed Iranian-backed militias in eastern Syria in response to those militias’ attacks on U.S. special forces personnel engaged in anti-ISIS operations. The incident, which garnered relatively little...

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is traveling to Russia today to visit Sochi, a Russian resort city on the Black Sea best known in the West for hosting the 2014...

After months of avoiding a public confrontation, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, vented her anger at Russian efforts to restrict humanitarian aid for Syria. “This...

The Islamic State-perpetrated genocide in Iraq and Syria and the ongoing Syrian Civil War are dual tragedies that have fallen disproportionately on Christians, Yazidis, and other religious minorities in the...

Russian leader Vladimir Putin confirmed over the weekend that he would travel to Tehran on Tuesday for consultations with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi regarding...

At a time when the international community is largely preoccupied with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Turkey is once again bringing to the fore the likelihood of a military assault...

The world’s eyes, fixed on Syria only a few years ago, now hardly linger there as the world’s focus on Ukraine and China grows. But Syria, Russia’s training ground for Ukraine,...

Kremlin spokeswoman Maria Zakharova cautioned the Turkish government against launching a military intervention in northern Syria on Thursday, one day after Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced his intention to...

Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan informed the Turkish parliament on Wednesday that the country’s military would launch an operation against Kurdish fighters in two cities in northern Syria to establish...

The time has come for the United States to withdraw from Syria. Participation in the conflict has long lost its strategic value for Washington, given Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s pyrrhic...