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 ...
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 ...
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Foreign Powers Reevaluate Ties with Damascus
Syrian rebel commander Abu Mohammed al-Jolani vowed on Wednesday to hunt down all those responsible for torturing or killing detainees under ousted President Bashar al-Assad. “We will pursue them in ...
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World News
President Biden says he weakened Russia, Iran and Hezbollah, laying the groundwork for Bashar al-Assad’s ouster. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the Syrian leader would still be in power ...
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‘The War Between Wars’: Israel vs Iran in Syria
Over the past 18 months, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) struck no fewer 200 targets across Syria in response to Iran’s drive to turn Syria into a second Lebanon, and create a new Iranian-run army there.