Iran Pulls Most Forces From Syria, in Blow to Tehran’s Regional Ambitions
The withdrawal marks the demise of a yearslong effort in which Tehran used Syria as a hub in its regional strategy to spread influence and wage proxy war against the U.S. and Israel.
Jordan and Syria to combat arms and drugs smuggling, Islamic State's resurgence
Jordan and Syria have agreed to form a joint security committee to secure their border, combat arms and drug smuggling and ...
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Post-Assad Syria — A Work In Progress
Syria has been a work in progress, a nation to be rebuilt, since the downfall of its autocratic president, Bashar al-Assad, a ...
Syrian mayor says Israel collected arms from locals in Golan buffer zone
A Syrian mayor told AFP he had meetings with Israeli officers as the military conducted incursions in his village inside a ...
Inside Assad’s forces’ vast tunnels revealed under Syria’s Mount Qasioun
Underneath Mount Qasioun, the highest point overlooking Damascus, is a network of tunnels over 12 square kilometres allegedly connecting the Republican Guard HQ to the presidential palace.
Inside Bashar Assad’s detention centers, where ‘death was the least bad thing’
The system of detention, torture and death run by Syria’s former ruler, Bashar Assad, is starting to come out into the open.
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Long silenced by fear, Syrians now speak about rampant torture under Assad
Handcuffed and squatting on the floor, Abdullah Zahra saw smoke rising from his cellmate’s flesh as his torturers gave him ...
U.S. temporarily eases some restrictions on Syria following fall of Assad regime
The United States on Monday temporarily eased sanction restrictions targeting Syria to facilitate transactions with the ...
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Residents of Syria's Quneitra are frustrated by lack of action to halt Israeli advance
The presence of Israeli troops who entered a U.N. buffer zone on the border with Syria following the fall of President Bashar ...
Syria Druze Rebels Say Ready To Join A New National Army
Two rebel groups from Syria's Druze minority said on Monday they were ready to join a national army after Islamist-led opposition fighters toppled president Bashar al-Assad last month.
Trump can turn Syria opportunity against Iran
The Trump administration should embrace the opportunities offered by postwar Syria and take the pressure campaign to Iran and ...
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In Syria’s Quneitra, frustration at lack of action to end Israeli incursion
Local residents want new government to push out IDF, which it accuses of demolishing homes and orchards; military source says army 'unaware of incidents' ...