If the U.S. wants to break the military stalemate in Syria, force Assad into political concessions or aid in his ouster, eliminating his air power should be the first order of business.

The fight now going on in the strategic city of Qusayr has already spilled over into neighboring Lebanon.

Thinking strategically about the Muslim world, and Syria in particular, hasn’t been easy for Americans, but we ought to recognize that there are consequences for failing to do so.

In recent weeks, President Obama has worked assiduously to redefine and thereby back away from his earlier statements that Syria's Assad regime would face grave consequences if it used chemical weapons.

Two years after Syria’s uprising began, what role is Iran now playing? What specifically is it providing to Syria? AEI's Will Fulton provides clarity in a Q&A with the United States Institute of Peace.

The Islamic Republic of Iran has conducted an extensive, expensive, and integrated effort to keep President Bashar al-Assad in power as long as possible while setting conditions to retain its ability to use Syrian territory and assets should he fall.

How far are we from a future in which there are many more “no-go zones” because we can’t control what happens in the skies above them, let alone on the ground?

Republicans are right to want to restore American credibility, but shaming Obama into military action is unwise.