Iran's leader blames US, Israel for Assad's fall, shifts tone toward Syrian groups
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a speech Wednesday that the U.S. and Israel were behind the fall of ...
Syria live updates: Iran's Khamenei says rebels, US won't achieve goals
There are reports the Turkish-backed rebels are now advancing on Kobani, an important Kurdish-majority town on Turkey’s ...
Iran's Khamenei says toppling of Syria's Assad was result of US-Israeli plan
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that the toppling of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was the ...
Syria and the ousting of Assad: Is it good or bad for the United States?
The focus for the U.S.. after Assad's ouster has been on the historic moment for Syria. Left unsaid: The turmoil could be ...
Iran's supreme leader blames US and Israel for Bashar al-Assad’s fall from power in Syria
Speaking on state television, Ayatollah Khamenei claimed there was "evidence" of the two countries' involvement.View on ...
Situation in Syria creating new weakness for Hezbollah, Iran, says US envoy Hochstein
U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein said the situation in Syria, where rebels are pressing a rapid advance that is threatening ...
Here's how the US is countering the Islamic State group during Syria's upheaval
Massive U.S. airstrikes on Islamic State militants in Syria are meant partly as a message to the group and a move to ensure ...
What Syria’s rebel takeover means for the region’s major players: Turkey, Iran and Russia
Russia and Iran are no longer the major players in Syria. But if the rebel groups in Syria cannot build a transitional ...
Trump says ‘do not get involved.’ But that’s the wrong approach in Syria.
Bashar al-Assad is safely ensconced in Russia, which had long supported his prison state with arms, fighter jets, and forces ...
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In Fight for Syria, a Battle for Domination of the Entire Middle East
“Syria is the barometer for how power dynamics in the region are changing,” said Mona Yacoubian, head of the Middle East and North Africa Center at the United States Institute of Peace in ...
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Foreign armies in Syria and how they came to be there
Dec 6 (Reuters) - The resurgence of fighting in Syria has brought into focus the role of foreign powers in the country. Turkey, Iran, Russia and the United States have all deployed troops in Syria ...
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Syria's Assad can't count on Iran to stop the rebel offensive
Syria's embattled president is losing ground ... As this crisis unfolds, it's striking how "unimportant and absent" the US has been, Azizi noted. "The US has forces on the ground and also airpower ...