Two soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed while supporting counterterror operations, the Pentagon said. They are the first U.S. casualties in Syria since the fall of the dictator Bashar al-Assad.

Last month, Gen. Joseph Votel (Ret.) led a Middle East Institute delegation to Syria. The team was made up of American businesspeople and subject-matter experts who met with senior interim government officials and assessed conditions in post-Assad Syria.

The United States must provide sustained support to Syria's transition to a new political order, including humanitarian assistance, in order to ensure regional stability and U.S. national security.

In November Mr Netanyahu visited idf troops inside Syria. “This is a mission that can develop at any moment,” he said ominously. It was a warning to Mr Sharaa, who called for Israel to withdraw during his recent meeting with Donald Trump.

Please join the Middle East Institute (MEI) for a half-day conference focused on Syria one year into its historic transition.    One year ago, the Assad regime in Syria came to a sudden and dramatic end,

The US special envoy for Syria, Tom Barrack, has stated that a "benevolent monarchy" has "worked best" in the Middle East. Speaking at a panel on Syria during the Doha Forum on Sunday, Barrack praised the Syrian administration of President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s "epic" and "heroic" achievements following the fall of Bashar al-Assad in December 2024.

Iran’s decades-long strategic partnership with Syria has collapsed in the year since Bashar al-Assad’s fall, leaving Tehran struggling—and largely failing—to rebuild influence in a country that no longer wants it.

Critics say Syria’s fledgling government is hobbling military preparedness as it redoes the country’s forces from scratch.

Amid chaos and conflict in the Middle East, a new FRONTLINE documentary investigates high-stakes questions about the future of a country at the center of the region: Syria. The country shares borders with five key regional actors, Turkey, Iraq, Jordan ...