U.S. crude oil prices have topped $100 a barrel since the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran. But this isn't the first time prices have gone this high.

When it comes to European Union territory, you can't go much further east than Cyprus. So far east, in fact, that it's within reach of Iran's weapons.

The Lebanese and Syrian presidents agreed Tuesday on the need to step up control over their shared frontier following a pair of incidents involving ...

A grassroots revolution in Iran sounds attractive, but it is far too risky. The likely outcome of dismantling the Islamic Republic is not stable democracy, but state fracture, political chaos, and ...

As the conflict between the US and Iran intensifies, the potential involvement of Iranian Kurdish groups can serve as a significant 'force multiplier' against the regime ...

The Kurds have been let down time and again by the U.S. Here’s why they might still partner with Americans in Iran.

The B-52 Stratofortresses was first introduced in 1952 as a doomsday bomber — designed to carry nuclear bombs to strike the Soviet Union without having to refuel along the way.

Sipan Hamo, the Kurdish official, had taken part in talks on the agreement the Syrian state reached with the Kurds at the end of January, which aimed to integrate Kurdish forces and institutions into ...

Donald Trump also announced a U-turn from his policy on Russian oil, after over a year of mounting rhetoric about “funding Putin's war” and imposing tariffs on countries purchasing Russian energy.

Mass evacuation orders and an intensifying Israeli bombing campaign targeting the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah have caused a humanitarian crisis, aid groups warn.

Military says troops killed gunmen during ground operations; Syria says army posts targeted by artillery shells from Lebanon; UN says close to 700,000 in Lebanon have been displaced ...

Salem Michel Al-Salem is accused of playing a leading role in the violent crackdown on protesters in Syria at the start of the uprising against the regime of former leader Bashar al-Assad.