Following a dramatic few months, 2025 is not looking up for Iran, with Trump's return to the White House and women's resistance at home.

Last week, Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Esmail Baghaei told reporters that claims that Syria owes Iran $50bn are “exaggerated”, but added that any existing debts will be transferred to ...

Around four years later, Donald Trump sacked Bolton, then the US national security adviser (NSA), ironically for his hawkish ...

Despite censorship, depleted funding, and antagonism from both western and local film markets, there have been several ...

The Palestinian city of Bethlehem is preparing for a somber Christmas Eve under the shadow of war in Gaza, with most ...

Since launching its retaliatory war in Gaza, Israel claims to have eliminated the leaders of militant groups including, Sinwar, the mastermind of the 7 October attack on Israel, and Hezbollah chief ...

Syria's sovereignty and integrity should be maintained, and its future should be decided by Syrian people without ...

SPECIAL REPORT – In the last days of 2024, The Cipher Brief turned to our network of experts – who spend much of their time ...

When Islamist rebels swept through Syria’s second largest city in an operation that would eventually culminate in the ouster of the brutal Assad regime, Christians were given assurances that their ...

Israel’s defense minister has confirmed that Israel assassinated Hamas’ top leader last summer and is threatening to take ...

The Assad regime’s abrupt collapse has thrust America’s long-standing military mission in Syria into uncertainty, as the ...

In the aftermath, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, condemned Assad’s fall as a foreign-orchestrated conspiracy, ...