Before joining the military and building an Alawite caste around himself, Hafez al-Assad was a fervent supporter of the ...

One of the world’s most complex regions hosted the humble Southerner’s biggest triumph and most stinging defeat, as seen on front pages of The Washington Post.

He remembered how the two men bonded as they flew to Cairo in 1981 to attend Egyptian President Anwar Sadat’s funeral ... praise once they’re retired or dead, what was striking was how ...

He goaded the then president of Egypt, Anwar el-Sadat and the Israeli prime minister ... It is customary not to speak ill of the dead. That has not been my intention in writing this column.

In Egypt as in Jordan, an influx of thousands of potentially radicalized Palestinians into the country would be an immediate ...

Hamas leaders are mostly dead, and the deal rules them out as future leaders ... A determined Jimmy Carter was able to force Israel’s Menachem Begin and Egypt’s Anwar Sadat to overcome their dislike ...

The Camp David Accords, signed in 1979 by Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin ... These attacks, which leave scores of dead and wounded and further degrade Gaza’s ...

Trump is guarded about the long-term prospects for the truce, even as he takes credit for pressuring Hamas and Israel into ...