Within hours of Syrian rebels entering Damascus Sunday and forcing autocratic leader Bashar al-Assad into exile, President Joe Biden was on national television laying out preemptive military actions and pledging continued U.S. engagement as Syrians chart a new path forward.…

For years Western civilization has been in crisis. In the United States, which long ago replaced Britain as the leader and ultimate defender of Western civilization, there has been a growing chorus of those doubting the virtue of the country’s…

Bashar Assad’s rapid fall as president of Syria offers Israel and the United States a chance to bolster their regional security interests, experts said on Monday during a Jewish Institute for National Security of America online event. “The Israelis don’t…

The collapse of Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria throws a major wrench into the counter-ISIS mission for the roughly 900 U.S. troops in the country, while also complicating Washington’s allies in the region. The U.S. carried out a massive preemptive…