Richard Haass is President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, Senior Counselor at Centerview Partners, and the author of a weekly newsletter, Home & Away.

Tehran is bracing for a tough confrontation with the incoming Trump administration while holding a weak hand after setbacks in 2024.

Trump may believe that Syria is “not our fight,” but the competition with China is very much ours and will undoubtedly be a ...

President Joe Biden ordered more than 125 bombs to be dropped on upwards of 85 targets in Iraq. The scope of Biden's response ...

December, the Wall Street Journal featured an upbeat interview with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Jewish ...

The Israel Defense Forces continues its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza, particularly in the north of the ...

Israel blew up an Iran sponsored Syrian missile factory after its elite commandos raided it last September. The missiles ...

Top diplomats from Germany and France went to Damascus on behalf of the European Union. It’s the first such trip in years, ...

The Syrian Free Army "values its partnership with the United States in the fight against ISIS," Colonel Anteri told Newsweek.

On Nov. 15, an Iranian delegation accompanying Ali Larijani, an adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was ...

The year ended sadly with no return of the remaining hostages held by Hamas, and it is unclear how many are still alive.