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How Syrian mutinies and betrayal sunk Iran's support for Assad
Though Tehran scrambled to help the Assads face off the rebel assault, soldiers were turning on their own commanders ...
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Syria's new leader denounces Iran, calling its proxies a regional threat
Syria's interim president says the now departed Iranian forces were damaging to his country and also posed a threat to the ...
Syria’s New Interim President Travels to Saudi Arabia for First Foreign Visit
Syria’s newly appointed interim president, Ahmed al-Shara, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Sunday for his first foreign trip since ...
The Russia-Iran treaty has as much to do with Syria as the U.S.
While Moscow and Tehran want this deal to signal unity in defiance of the West, it’s also about shoring up losses in the wake ...
Rosemary Kelanic: Iran’s weakness is a golden opportunity for the US — to step back
The U.S. has bigger problems than Iran, a weak regime thousands of miles away whose military cannot reach the U.S. homeland ...
Iran Is Developing Plans for Faster, Cruder Weapon, U.S. Concludes
As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel prepares to meet with President Trump, the question of whether to strike ...
Regime change in Syria has Iraqi factions backtracking on push for US withdrawal
The fall of Bashar Assad in Syria has led Iran-allied factions in neighboring Iraq to reconsider their push for U.S. forces ...
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Will Iran and Russia’s Growing Partnership Go Nuclear?
NICOLE GRAJEWSKI is a Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and an Associate with the Project on Managing the Atom at the Harvard Kennedy School. She ...
Pakistan Today2d
Saudi-UAE policy in a post-Assad Syria
The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has created a unique and complex geopolitical challenge for Arab states, particularly ...
Israel is building outposts in Syria, raising local fears of occupation
The new construction, visible in satellite imagery, suggests an extended presence. Israel says its forces will stay as long ...
In the New Syria, Religious Minorities Swing Between Hope and Fear
Syria’s Islamist leaders pledged to respect religious freedom despite their radical past. Many Christians and Shiites are ...
Saudi Arabia wants to support Syria, says al-Sharaa
The visit by Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa to the Gulf Arab state could signal his government's strategy of moving away from Iranian influence. Ousted leader Bashar Assad was backed by ...