Donald Trump has promised to keep America out of the Middle East, but Assad's dramatic fall has upended the region's balance of power.

Handled correctly, the United States and our allies will be stronger, while our enemies – Iran, Russia, and radical terrorists everywhere – will be permanently weakened, all without risking

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has more than doubled the number of its forces in Syria to fight the Islamic State group — a dramatic increase that the Pentagon revealed Thursday, acknowledging that the added troops have been there for months or even more than a year.

Given the fall of Assad regime, Carla Martínez Machain says it’s unlikely U.S. will attack Syria anytime soon.

President-elect Donald Trump's commitment to ending U.S. involvement in foreign conflicts could be tested in Syria after jihadist rebels succeeded in toppling the Assad regime.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday that Turkey will "hold the key" to what happens in Syria, where rebels backed by Ankara toppled the government of Bashar al-Assad earlier this month.

Joe Biden is still president, but the world's leaders and its crises are knocking on Donald Trump's door. The contrast from last time is striking.

President-elect Trump claimed Turkish President Erdogan was behind the fall of Assad’s regime in Syria and hailed Erdogan as "very smart."

President-elect Donald Trump characterized the rebel ouster of Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad as an "unfriendly takeover" by US ally Turkey as he addressed the conflict at a news conference on Monday.

Trump term, former FBI counterterrorism agent Ali Soufan speaks to Vanity Fair about his fears the Middle East could shift “further towards chaos”—and his hopes that the president-elect’s talk of retribution will be just that.

The president-elect claimed Russia is in a "weakened state" due to the Ukraine conflict and urged Putin to negotiate.

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for intelligence chief, Tulsi Gabbard, is making her case on Capitol Hill.