The Syrian regime's remaining loyalist forces may try to secure a personal exit strategy, possibly with help from Hezbollah.

Continued territorial disputes are preventing Juba and Khartoum from finalizing an oil and security agreement.

Stratfor's Founder and Chairman George Friedman discusses the most important foreign policy aspects of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address.

Rebels have launched a new offensive in Damascus to seize the critical regime-held territory.

Pyongyang's third nuclear test appears to be its largest to date.

The Chinese lock on the Japanese destroyer with a fire-control radar is a provocative move that could have elicited an aggressive Japanese response.

Stratfor Middle East analyst Ashley Lindsey discusses the Syrian rebels' recent offensive in the Damascus suburbs and their reliance on weapons from external benefactors.

The French intervention has allowed other African countries to begin deploying to Mali.

Amman has an interest in developing constructive relationships with the rebels that are fighting against the Syrian regime.

The facility gives the regime its most direct link to the outside world.