This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. As the USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier sails to the Caribbean, the U.S. military continues striking drug-carrying ...

There is something ironic about the fact that, of all the countries in the Middle East, Iran is the one that now finds itself on the brink of war with Israel. Iran is not one of the 22 Arab states ...

As President Donald Trump's historic ceasefire takes effect, uncertainty over the future of Iran and the push for regime change has the main Iranian opposition groups verbally fighting it out to ...

With President Donald Trump’s extraordinary decision to attack three of the key/critical Iranian nuclear sites, two questions emerge: First, how will the Iranian populace react to the decision? Second ...

The Iranian regime finds itself in its most difficult position 46 years after the revolution that brought it to power. But does it mean the end? By Roger Cohen Roger Cohen reported from Tehran in 2009 ...

Hours after the United States military bombed three Iranian nuclear sites on June 21, President Donald Trump floated the possibility of a regime change in Iran. “It’s not politically correct to use ...

A Times investigation into the whereabouts of top Syrian officials who fled after the regime’s fall shows many remain free — shielded by wealth and accommodating host nations. Credit... Supported by ...

The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s brutal dictatorship seemed a distant prospect two weeks ago. But Syria’s rebels completed a speedy and stunning march to power on Sunday, starting an uncertain new era ...

Editor’s Note: This story was published before the U.S. bombed Iran on Saturday evening. It’s a stunning resurrection of an idea that has been thoroughly and repeatedly discredited over the past ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kamran Bokhari is a geopolitical analyst and strategic forecaster. In an April 2024 report for the New Lines Institute for ...

The U.S. has carried out scores of covert and overt regime-change operations since the last century. Scholarly consensus is clear: such interventions rarely advance U.S. interests and usually produce ...