For Ankara, restoring stability and addressing security threats remain paramount after a decade of immense costs ...

Assad, old alliances have crumbled, and global powers are figuring out their relationships with Syria’s new de facto leaders.

The Taliban outlasted both the U.S.-led coalition and the Afghan National Army. It is now the de facto government of Afghanistan. Whether the West likes it or not, a terrorist group we spent decades ...

Israeli military vehicles ride through Syria close to the ceasefire line between Syria and Israel, as seen from Majdal Shams ...

SPECIAL REPORT – In the last days of 2024, The Cipher Brief turned to our network of experts – who spend much of their time ...

Israel’s defense minister has confirmed that Israel assassinated Hamas’ top leader last summer and is threatening to take ...

It looks like a tribute to the 45th and 47th president's persistence under pressure — a quality always desirable in a ...

The Assad regime’s collapse in Syria means the entire Iranian axis has been disrupted, and ‘as we learned today, it even ...

The threat from Iran is greatly diminished, but Turkey poses new challenges.

In the aftermath, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, condemned Assad’s fall as a foreign-orchestrated conspiracy, ...

When challenged to teach the whole Torah on one foot, the Jewish sage Hillel replied, “What is hateful to you, do not do to ...

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