The accounts of several Syrian embassies on Facebook celebrated the toppling of Assad’s regime Sunday by changing their profile pictures to the black, white and green tricolor flag flown by Syrian rebels.
The Syrian embassies in Sweden, Belgium,…
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Syrian rebel commander urges Israel to support uprising, strike Iran-backed forces – The Times of Israel
Syrian rebel commander urges Israel to support uprising, strike Iran-backed forces The Times of Israel
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To help Georgians, the West must drive a wedge between Georgia and the Russia-China-Iran camp
On November 28, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced the suspension of accession negotiations with the European…
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How Iran Sees the Path to Peace
On July 30, Masoud Pezeshkian was sworn in as Iran’s new president. Mere hours after the ceremony, Ismail Haniyeh, the former prime minister of the Palestinian National Authority and chairman of the Hamas political bureau, was assassinated by…
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The Real Reason for Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman Is Pivoting to Iran
Over the last few weeks, colleagues, bosses, mentors, and friends from high school have asked me some version of the question “What’s up with Mohammed bin Salman?” On Nov. 11 at a summit of Islamic nations in Riyadh, the Saudi…
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Syria’s Assad trapped by rebel advance and refusal to compromise
For more than a year, as conflicts between Israel and Iranian-backed forces spread across the Middle East and spilled into his own country, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was conspicuously silent.
With a long civil war still simmering in Syria,…
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What Russia, Iran, and the Houthis get out of Moscow recruiting Yemeni mercenaries
New reports reveal that the Russian armed forces have managed to recruit hundreds of Yemeni men into their ranks thanks to…
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The ceasefire in Lebanon has dealt a huge blow to Iran’s regional strategy – Chatham House
The ceasefire in Lebanon has dealt a huge blow to Iran’s regional strategy Chatham House
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The Saudi Solution? | Foreign Affairs
Over the past decade, and especially since the signing of the Abraham Accords in 2020, Israel has assumed that its military, intelligence, and technological prowess can buy it allies among the Arab Gulf states. In more recent months, Israeli…
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Operation Aspides, or the Peril of Low Expectations in Yemen
Since the start of the conflict in Gaza, Yemen’s maritime borders have become a battleground in a wider regional and international power play. Ansar Allah, better known as the Houthis, has hindered maritime traffic through the Bab al-Mandab…
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