Syria supported Iran during the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, breaking from most other Arab countries and reflecting the rivalry between its form of Baathism and that of Saddam Hussein.

Just over 13 years after Syria was first plunged into civil war between the government and an array of insurgent factions, ... The bloody Iran-Iraq War, waged from 1980-1989, ...

This position suggests that Damascus is carefully walking a diplomatic line—neither condemning Iran nor provoking Israel—while emphasizing national sovereignty and steering clear of direct ...

Conversely, Iran-backed militia groups in Syria and Iraq that oppose Israel’s campaign in Gaza have attacked U.S. troops in the region at least 165 times since the Israel-Hamas War began.

Israel is interested in establishing formal diplomatic relations with long-standing adversaries Syria and Lebanon, but the status of the Golan Heights is non-negotiable, Israeli Foreign Minister ...

In a park overlooking Damascus, 25-year-old Khaldoun Hallak has spent the past few evenings with his friends, drinking yerba mate, snacking on nuts, smoking hookah pipes and watching the sky for ...

WASHINGTON — The conflict in northeast Syria escalated on Friday as Iran-backed militias launched a volley of rocket and drone attacks against coalition bases after American reprisals for a ...

Where does Iran stand on Syria’s fast-moving conflict? Tehran has warned it could directly send troops into Syria, but there has been no evidence of a major mobilisation yet.

The conflict has not only pitted the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad against a band of rebels, but drawn the U.S., Iran, Russia and Turkey, among others, into a complex proxy war.

There is an escalation of tension in the Middle East. On Monday, warplanes attacked a building inside Iran's consulate complex in Damascus, Syria. Some of the most senior members of Iran's ...

Although Russia and Iran have converged around the overarching objective of strengthening the Assad regime, Moscow and Tehran’s engagement in Syria illustrates a complex mosaic of overlapping ...

Israel and Iran have been enemies for decades — but this is their most sustained direct fighting ever. Here’s how a shadow ...