If Israel proceeds with a plan to divide Syria to “protect” the Druze in the south, it would have to send ground forces into Sweida - an area nearly a quarter the size of Israel. Military conquest ...

Currently, Israel stands virtually alone in recognizing and countering the strategic peril posed by Erdogan’s Turkey and ...

Supporters of Israel’s aggressive strategy may argue that assertiveness will save Israel from fighting costly wars in the ...

Israel’s demand for a demilitarized zone in southern Syria and its promise to protect the Druze minority are putting it in ...

Israel continues to breach norms of the international system by bombing sovereign states in the Middle East and jeopardizing the ongoing regional normalization processes. Clearly, Israel does not seek ...

When Netanyahu visited DC last week, there was talk of peace and normalization with the new Sharaa regime; with the Sweida fighting and the IDF's attacks, the optimism is over but the door isn't ...

Israeli moves reveal Netanyahu’s strategy to weaken global pressure while exposing Washington’s inability to restrain its ...

Israel’s involvement in Syria isn’t about conquest or regime change. It’s about protecting its Druze citizens’ kin, ...

The violence in Suweida has triggered a response from both Israel and the interim Syrian government as local grievances spill ...

MOHAMMAD AYATOLLAHI TABAAR is a Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, Associate Professor of International Affairs at Texas A ...

Trump’s Syria strategy aims to enable US military withdrawal while weakening Iran’s influence, pressuring Hezbollah, and balancing regional alliances, though internal contradictions and ...

Both Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu talked of regime change in Iran. Instead they may have left the Islamic Republic ...