Syria: allies and enemiesRoyle, Trevor
The Iranian-Syrian alliance stretches back to the creation of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979, constituting one of the most enduring partnerships among authoritarian regimes in the region. Since 1979, Iran and Syria have remained close allies despit
Syria’s collapse is a loss for the Syrian people and their Iranian, Russian, and Chinese allies; It is a reminder that while US military and industrial power wanes, it still possesses potent “superweapons” in terms of monopolizing information space, poisoning populations against their own best...
Soviet ties to Syria go back to the 1970s when the USSR was Syria’s main economic partner and one of its strongest political and military allies. Hafez al-Assad’s long-term vice-president from 1984-2005, Abdel Halim Khaddam, said in an interview from exile in Paris: “You have to un...
allies in the Middle East, the Shah of Iran and Anwar Sadat ...I don't think you can overstate the importance that the rise ofIslamic fundamentalismwill have to the rest of the world in the century ahead -- especially if ... fanatical elements get...
Turning to the U.S. attack last week on the airfield, the Damascus envoy said that Washington and its allies who had "armed, trained and financed" terrorist groups fighting against the Syrian government, felt they "had begun to lose ground because of the heavy blows dealt to them by the ...
Today, the international coalition that we have built has grown to more than 60 active members, including dozens of allies and partners in Europe, all operating with the shared goal of disrupting, degrading, and destroying — ultimately destroying Daesh. Since September, our coalition has pursued ...
Among all the allies of the United States, Israel is in a league of its own. Israel has the support of the Fifth Column in America: the so-called neoconservatives. The jewish State serves as an example of democracy advocated by the U.S. It is allowed to buy the most advanced weaponry...
The rapid collapse of the Bashar Assad regime inSyriacaught everyone by surprise. The swift disintegration of the Syrian military did not leave Syria’s allies, Iran and Russia, sufficient time to intervene effectively on Assad’s behalf. The dramatic turn of events in Damascus dealt a severe ...
Once bedfellows with al Qaeda and an apprentice of the future-ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Al-Jolani has sought to distance his forces from the radical Islamism that his former allies pursued. He announced a split from Al Qaeda in 2016 to create what he said was a Syria-focused an...