If the United States (U.S.) were to take over Gaza, it would trigger fierce Palestinian resistance, potentially mirroring the American incursion in Iraq.The ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict has taken ...

The pieces are in place to deal a decisive blow against Iran and, by extension, its Russian and Chinese compatriots.

Former State Department officials Vali Nasr and Elliott Abrams lay out the carrots and sticks available to the White House.

Generally speaking, starting a war out of the blue is a bad idea. This is the lesson, if such was needed, of the utterly ...

John Quincy Adams famously warned against the US going abroad in search of “monsters to destroy,” but while claiming to ...

Iran claims to produce a majority of its weapons, but this self-sufficient defense strategy leaves its conventional forces ...

Saudi Arabia hosting the Trump-Putin talks is no coincidence—it highlights Riyadh’s rising influence, strategic neutrality ...

The transitional process will be fraught with challenges, but the Syrian people deserve a peaceful, stable and prosperous ...

ELLIOTT ABRAMS is Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He served in senior positions ...

Earlier, Iranian Government Spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani stated that Tehran refused to engage in discussions with Washington, as the United States lacked diplomatic understanding and could not be t ...

Syria's foreign minister said on Wednesday that his country had received positive messages but wanted further reassurance ...

With the Arabs essentially taken out of this great game, it now comes down to an ancient animus: the Turkish Sunni Muslims versus the Persian Shiite Muslims for control over this region.