Map Shows Middle East Alliances: Russia, Iran, Israel, Syria. Story by Theo Burman ... which has a northern border with Syria, also remains neutral. While Lebanon's official stance is neutrality, ...

The map from the Institute for Study of War and AEI's Critical Threats Project showed the Israeli army advancing south of Damascus countryside and in Daraa province in southern Syria.

The lack of access to Syrian territory is also a blow to Iran, which had long propped up Mr. al-Assad and used Syria as a hub to network and supply its proxies in the region, including Hezbollah ...

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz says Iran is using facilities in Syria to produce advanced missiles for its allies. Gantz mapped out the locations of the facilities.

The map below shows Syria’s territorial control before November 27. (Al Jazeera) ... one of Iran’s key allies that also maintains ties with Israel. Published On 17 Jun 2025 17 Jun 2025.

Baathist leaders struggled to unify Syria which, to this day, is a patchwork of ideologies, religions and ethnicities (see map 4). In 1970 the defence minister, Hafez al-Assad, took over the party ...

Syria's newly appointed foreign minister, Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, told Iran on Tuesday not to spread chaos in Syria but to respect the Syrian people's will and the country's sovereignty. In a ...

Syria's embattled president is losing ground to advancing rebels after years of stalemate. In the past, Iran orchestrated the interventions that stopped the opposition forces' momentum. "I'm not ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The presidents of Iran and Syria signed Wednesday a series of long-term cooperation agreements on oil and other sectors to bolster economic ties between the two allies ...

The U.S. is planning to strike Iran-backed groups, and Iranian personnel, in Iraq and Syria, and while some Iranians are nervous, their leaders remain defiant.

Map Shows Middle East Alliances: Russia, Iran, Israel, Syria. Published Dec 02, 2024 at 12:40 PM EST. By . Theo Burman is a Newsweek Live News Reporter based in London, U.K.