Syria’s dictator crushed an uprising—but the ground may be crumbling beneath his feet.
A country with a proud history of trade and commerce is starting to crumble into permanent poverty.
Turkey and Russia are using desperate mercenaries from the last war to fight in the next one.
A Syrian official goes on trial this week for war crimes. His defense centers on the rebels who helped him defect—and now want nothing to do with him.
After the assassination of its high-ranking general, Iran has successfully doubled down on its regional military strategy.
As protests against a new citizenship law sweep the country, signs that the authorities are condoning and even instigating violence have India’s Muslims alarmed.
The two sides smiled for the cameras at their historic ceremony in Doha, but they couldn’t hide why they've been enemies for decades.
The country’s protest movement knows what it’s against—but it never figured out how to achieve what it’s for.
Lebanon and Iraq are rising up against constitutions that have empowered religious factions—and enabled their corruption.
Cut off from the outside world, Kashmiris are digging trenches, starting strikes, and preparing for a long fight ahead.
A United Nations program passes on rebel coordinates to Russia. Its bombs do the rest.
The country has hosted the most refugees per capita in the world—and it’s now out of patience.
Germans welcomed an unprecedented number of Middle Easterners into their country—but not always into their workplaces.
As tensions with Washington rise, Tehran has discovered the Lebanese militia isn’t up for doing its dirty work.
Even Tehran’s sympathizers in Europe and Asia are leery of its latest shifts in policy.
But international donors—and Bashar al-Assad—aren't playing along yet.
By threatening collective punishment over Lebanon’s most disruptive force, Washington is weakening the rest of its society.
The latest issue to divide the EU is whether to recognize the legitimacy of Syria’s dictator and help him rebuild his country.
As the war in Syria dies down, the torture and mistreatment of returnees are ramping up.
The Iranian-backed forces that took control of Kirkuk from the Kurds are setting their sights on Baghdad.
The war-weary country isn’t enthusiastic about its president, but desperate for a return to normalcy.