Syria: fall of Assad a blow for Iran’s ‘Shia crescent’ – here are its foreign policy options in the new-look Middle East
When Hafez al-Assad, an Alawite minority member, seized control of the Ba'ath Party in Syria in 1970, he faced a significant ...
Syria live updates: IDF operating mission in Syria, beyond buffer zone
Rebel forces in Syria captured the capital Damascus and toppled the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick ...
After toppling Assad, can Syria’s rebels rebuild a shattered state?
Sham, the leading rebel force, must work to allay public fears that it will seek to replace Assadism with its own form of absolute rule.
Assad’s fall in Syria will further weaken Hezbollah and curtails Tehran’s ‘Iranization’ of region
Lebanon – home to thousands of Syrian refugees – has long suffered at the hands of the Assad family’s 54-year rule.
America’s closest ally in Syria is losing ground as a new order takes shape
The jihadi rebels who toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad say they want to build a unified, inclusive country. But after 14 ...
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Suddenly, a New Middle East
It’s impossible to predict in these early and volatile days what sort of relationship will develop between the Jewish state ...
Mapping the overthrow of Assad’s Syria
The flag of the Syrian Arab Republic led by Bashar al-Assad of the Ba'ath Party is split into three horizontal bands — known ...
Iran suffers blow of ‘historic proportions’ with Assad’s fall
Tehran loses a pillar of its national-security strategy as it prepares for more confrontation with Donald Trump.
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Special Briefing: After Assad’s fall, what’s next for Syria and the region?
Charles Lister Senior Fellow, Director of Syria and Countering Terrorism & Extremism programs Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has ...
Lammy brands Assad rat of Damascus who fled to Russia with tail between his legs
David Lammy has branded Bashar Assad as the “rat of Damascus” who fled to Russia with his “tail between his legs”. The ...
As Israel advances on a Syrian buffer zone, it sees peril and opportunity
The dramatic downfall of Syrian President Bashar Assad presents possible danger, and an opening, for neighboring Israel.
Al Assad’s fall after 24-year rule creates power vacuum in Middle East and it could now be dangerous
Beirut: As Bashar Al Assad fled to Moscow, the looters started raiding the presidential palace and people took to the streets ...