The withdrawal marks the demise of a yearslong effort in which Tehran used Syria as a hub in its regional strategy to spread influence and wage proxy war against the U.S. and Israel.

"If it wants good relations with this new state, it can't punish it forever by ... on Saturday, as Syrian rebels were closing in on Damascus, U.S. Envoy Amos Hochstein said Iran's withdrawal ...

Russia and Iran were embroiled in other wars as Syrian rebels swept through the country. Nobody I know believes that this is the full story. We leave the ministry guard and find the rowdy funeral ...

Under Assad, Syria’s biggest regional benefactor was Iran, but since the Oct. 7 attacks ... Now he’s in Moscow, likely forever. What comes next? Since the outbreak of civil war in 2011 ...

The head of Syria's main opposition group abroad ... in a war that should never have started, and could go on forever." "Russia and Iran are in a weakened state right now, one because of Ukraine ...

The Arab Spring hit Syria in 2011 as demonstrations broke out against Assad, who responded violently, yielding a multi-sided ...

Iran held rallies in its major cities Thursday to mark the fifth anniversary of the assassination of Revolutionary Guards ...

Russian planes bound for Africa have so far been moving on the air corridor over the Caspian Sea, Iran and Iraq, stopping in Syria on their way to Khartoum and from there across Africa ...

Iraq has also struggled since 2003 because the tyrants running neighboring Syria and Iran — al-Assad and Ali ... It will be a forever war that will open the way for the re-emergence of ISIS ...