Assad’s fall in Syria will further weaken Hezbollah and curtails Tehran’s ‘Iranization’ of region
Lebanon – home to thousands of Syrian refugees – has long suffered at the hands of the Assad family’s 54-year rule.
Lebanon – home to thousands of Syrian refugees – has long suffered at the hands of the Assad family’s 54-year rule.
The Palestinian militant group has engaged in talks with rival Fatah over a unity committee to govern Gaza. It reflects…
The Syrian revolution is profoundly significant to those who suffered suffocating repression, surveillance and everyday…
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Protesters toppled and damaged a statue of Jefferson Davis in Richmond, Virginia, in 2020. It is now displayed at a museum…
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, with origins in the terrorist group Nusra Front, spearheaded the rebel advance that ousted longtime…
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Fluctuating rates of illegal migration to the US over the past few decades show that the government’s approach of trying…
Opposition forces marched into Damascus on Dec. 8, seemingly ending the half-century rule of the Assad family. But what…
The U.S. congressman from East Harlem promoted compassion in a district marked by ethnic, racial and class differences.…
Language changes because of how it finds itself most gainfully employed by speakers through time. So it’s OK to say “The…
Restoring democracy will be a tall order for the interim government as it grapples with security, economic and geopolitical…
There have been 46 attempted self-coups since the end of World War II – 80% have succeeded. So what went wrong for South…
As Detroit civil rights leaders in the 1960s deliberated how to harness white support for the movement, they struck upon…
Since the earliest days of the nation, any person born on US soil is a US citizen.
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The director of national intelligence is the president’s principal adviser on intelligence. A former White House intelligence…
Showing just red and blue states doesn’t paint an accurate picture of national politics.
For the French, the 850-year-old Gothic cathedral has been both a source of inspiration and a symbol of the nation’s glorious…