The ascendance of Sunni Islamist rebels in Syria should be viewed with great caution by Western powers, but the Assad ...

Russia and Iran are no longer the major players in Syria. But if the rebel groups in Syria cannot build a transitional ...

This gives Iran an arc of allies across the region. In many ways, Syria is the jewel in the crown. Unlike in Iraq, Yemen, and Lebanon, where Tehran has proxies, the Syrian regime is close to Iran.

Not long ago, Tehran’s network of militias appeared ascendant. “The resistance front has had a really hard year,” Iran’s ...

As Iran deals with the strategic setback of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s ouster, a vicious cycle of confrontation and ...

Iranian military advisors that helped vanquish Daesh in the two Arab countries are known as “Holy Shrine defenders” inside Iran, as both Iraq and Syria are home to tombs of prominent Shia figures. In ...