John Lechner’s book offers new reporting about the mercenary Wagner Group and its former leader, Yevgeniy Prigozhin ...

But even in a relatively permissive environment, Russia’s appetite for global upheaval has limits. New bursts of conflict ...

Lebanon’s new government has won a confidence vote in Parliament, with the support of Hezbollah’s bloc, even though the government statement adopted took a swipe at the group’s weapons ...

Ancient Greek Tyrant Agathocles of Syracuse led a daring invasion of Africa, shaping Sicily’s history and influencing ...

Nearly three months after Bashar al-Assad fled, much of Syria is suspended between relief at the dictatorship’s demise and ...

Over the last 15 years, the Middle East has been racked by war, destruction, and displacement. Hundreds of thousands of ...

Military spending has increased dramatically around the world in view of rising tensions in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia ...

Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has paired economics with migration policy in her grand plan for strengthening ...

COMMENTARY: War-torn Syria was the site 10 years ago of one of the saddest and triumphant human rights crises in history.

"Fuel smuggling is leading to a massive transfer of wealth out of Libya," said Ambassador Shea. "For the welfare of the ...

And Libya is the centerpiece of that strategy. Russia is deeply committed to expanding its presence in Africa. However, the abrupt loss of their air and naval bases in Syria following the collapse of ...

Since 1996, conflict in eastern DRC has led to approximately six million deaths. The First Congo War (1996–1997) began in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, during which ethnic Hutu ...