To some State Department officials and Middle East analysts who tracked the issue, it showcased the law of unintended consequences.

In truth, it would be a relief if Kennedy and Gabbard were merely grossly unqualified. The deeper issue is that Kennedy and Gabbard are anti -qualified. The only conceivable reason to elevate them to ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says U.S. President Donald Trump has invited him to visit the White House on Feb. 4 ...

Russia’s deputy foreign minister and a special presidential envoy for Syria arrived in Damascus on Tuesday, according to ...

Syria’s Civil Defense has uncovered over two dozen charred bodies in two basements in rural Damascus, adding to the growing ...

Israeli troops who seized strategic ground in southern Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad will remain on the summit of ...

Jon Lee Anderson reports from Damascus. Plus: the insidiousness of the entrepreneurial economy; fear and hope on the subway; ...

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Editor’s note: This is issue 11 of Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak’s weekly "Ukraine Reforms Tracker" covering events from Jan. 13–19, 2025. This newsletter was until recently titled “Ukrainian ...