US, Arab allies strike IS in SyriaReuters WASHINGTON/BEIRUT
“The opposition’s march continues. Our wish is that this march in Syria continues without incident.” Throughout Syria’s civil war, Russia has been one of Assad’s most loyal foreign backers, sending Russian troops to support his forces and jets to ...
In Syria, Bashar al-Assad still holds the presidency in a country ruined by a civil war that has drawn in global and region powers. Yemen's Saleh joined his erstwhile enemies in a new battle for power that has driven into famine a country on the fringes of the ...
The request, in any case, may be a tough sell weeks after Trump defended his controversial decision to withdraw U.S. troops, describing Syria as “sand and death.” The request also follows Trump’s repeated rhetoric questioning the value of alliances and hammering NATO allies over burden-sh...
and its Western allies set up across the country. The terrorist network is not to be confused with the "Khorasan Group," the research and development branch in Syria of al-Qaida – the Islamic State's sworn foe – during the height of the counterterror conflicts there. Who Are Its ...
Iran is quietly building up an arsenal of locally-produced drones that it is exporting to its allies in the region and testing against enemies in Iraq, Israel and Saudi Arabia. On July 10, Iranian drones reportedlywere usedto attack a Kurdish dissident group in northern Iraq, after Iran accus...
Human-induced climate change compounded by socio-economic water stressors increased severity of drought in Syria, Iraq and Iran – World Weather Attribution Rich buyers running from the climate crisis to the Alps | Fortune (ampproject.org)
Meanwhile, theHouthisare preoccupied with their own battles against US forces. Hezbollah finds itself deeply wounded and withdrawn from southern Lebanon and Syria and unable to help Hamas. Similarly, Iran is in no position to help or support Hamas at this time. ...
Muʿāwiya governed Syria for a long period of time, while most of ʿAlī's supporters were in Iraq. Bar Penkāyē confirms a wide- spread opinion that the issue in this initial confrontation concerned who could be a caliph, not what powers he should enjoy: "The Westerners were saying...
Bangash's book explores the changes (or lack of them) with the passing of King Abdullah in January. Despite dismissing dozens of officials, policy has not changed in its essentials. It still supports the US, fighting Islamists in Syria, now actively bombing Yemen at US behest, effectively ...