New evidence reveals the United States has increased its military presence in Syria and is currently expanding an airbase in the countrys Kurdish-dominated areas. The Texas-based security analyst Stratfor on Friday posted low-resolution satellite imagery, appearing to show the construction work under way at the disused air strip in northern ...

The following is an excerpt from Robert D. Kaplan's new book,The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate, which will be released Sept. 11.   The most important facts about Iran go unstated because they are so obvious. Any glance at a map would tell us what they are. And these facts explain ...