• Syria is usually called Iran's "closest ally", with ideological conflict between the Arab nationalism ideology of Syria's secular ruling Ba'ath Party and the Islamic Republic of Iran's pan-Islamist policy notwithstanding. (wikipedia.org)
  • Meanwhile, the head of the intelligence unit of Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was quoted as saying on Saturday that Iran has a responsibility to support Assad's government as it fights an armed uprising. (ynetnews.com)
  • President Hassan Rouhani has reiterated Iran's stance that the crisis in Syria should be resolved through "political" means only. (presstv.ir)
  • Israel struck back with its heaviest air strikes in Syria since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011, saying it had attacked nearly all of Iran's military infrastructure in the country. (rferl.org)
  • Israeli officials are concerned that Iran's position in Syria and other parts of the Middle East may be strengthened by a strategic partnership with China and the finalization of the United States' return to a multilateral nuclear deal. (newsweek.com)
  • The IDF official particularly raised the alarm on how these developments may empower Iran's continued ability to develop and deploy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), including so-called "suicide drones," which the IDF has alleged Iran has operated both directly and through partnerships with local forces across the region, including from Syria. (newsweek.com)
  • This was the first public meeting between the two officials since January 2020, in which they discussed Iran's support for the Syrian government against "terrorist groups," the role of US troops in Syria, and the "latest developments on the international arena. (newsweek.com)
  • In many ways, Syria has become Iran's Vietnam: a quagmire from which it has no apparent escape. (ipsnews.net)
  • Iran's Syria predicament gives the United States newfound leverage. (ipsnews.net)
  • The IAEA will have to carry out additional monitoring and inspections of Iran's nuclear facilities to ensure Iranian compliance with any agreement that is reached in order to give the international community information it needs to justify the lifting of crippling economic sanctions against Iran. (ibtimes.com)
  • The U.S. military launched airstrikes early Friday on two locations in eastern Syria linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Pentagon said, in retaliation for a slew of drone and missile attacks against U.S. bases and personnel in the region that began early last week. (defensenews.com)
  • In March, for example, the U.S. struck sites in Syria used by groups affiliated with Iran's Revolutionary Guard after an Iranian-linked attack killed a U.S. contractor and wounded seven other Americans in northeast Syria. (defensenews.com)
  • Will the US confront Iran's forces in Syria? (aljazeera.com)
  • The US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, also fuelled concern about escalation when she said that preventing Iran's entrenchment in Syria was one of the Trump administration's top priorities . (aljazeera.com)
  • Iran's main regional rival, Israel, is said to have informed US intelligence officials before targeting Iranian positions in Syria, a sign of increasing cooperation between the two, according to the Wall Street Journal . (aljazeera.com)
  • The new actions come as the Trump administration undertakes an effort to crack down on Iran's malign activity across the region, including in Syria and Yemen, where Iranian militants have wreaked havoc on civilian populations. (freebeacon.com)
  • What is Iran's endgame in Syria? (wn.com)
  • Iran's foreign ministry said protests were also filed with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the Swiss embassy in Teheran that handles US interests in Iran since ties were cut in the aftermath of the 1979 Islamic revolution. (straitstimes.com)
  • An unrelenting supporter of the regime in Damascus, Iran's Revolutionary Guard, or Pasadran, is evolving its strategy on the ground in Syria. (intelligenceonline.com)
  • DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Iran's foreign minister condemned Wednesday an Israeli airstrike on the international airport of the Syrian city of Aleppo, saying such attacks would eventually face retaliation. (wlns.com)
  • During the Syrian Civil War, Iran conducted, alongside Russia, "an extensive, expensive, and integrated effort to keep Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in power. (wikipedia.org)
  • Turkey and Iran do not agree on the war in Syria, which is fought by numerous foreign-backed militants.While Tehran backs President Bashar al-Assad, Ankara demands Assad to resign unconditionally. (veteranstoday.com)
  • MANAMA, Bahrain, Sep 6 2013 (IPS) - As if the Iran nuclear issue was not already difficult enough, it became even more complicated when Bashar al-Assad unleashed his chemical weapons across Damascus suburbs last month. (ipsnews.net)
  • While the administration of United States President Donald Trump celebrates a new deal meant to freeze the battlefield in southern Syria, the Syrian regime of President Bashar Al Assad and Iran are preparing for the next phase of the long-running war, in which they will attempt to conquer the rest of Syria. (gulfnews.com)
  • The Trump administration on Tuesday announced new sanctions on Iran and Russia for engaging in a financial scheme to enrich the embattled Syrian government led by President Bashar al-Assad, according to U.S. officials. (freebeacon.com)
  • The Israeli government of President Binyamin Netanyahu has a policy of blaming all mortar shells, rockets and small arms fire on the regime of Bashar al-Assad and has used this as an excuse for previous air attacks on Syria. (wsws.org)
  • Iran is courting the opposition to Syrian President Bashar al- Assad, seeking to maintain a crucial alliance in the event that Assad falls. (atlanticcouncil.org)
  • Iraqi Shiites have been sympathetic to the Alawite-dominated government of Syria and oppose U.S. strikes against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, the Journal noted. (stripes.com)
  • Their unrecognized Kurdish-led statelet in northeast Syria has been America's best friend in the war against ISIS, and they're currently keeping the Iranian-backed government of Bashar al-Assad from retaking the entire country. (nationalinterest.org)
  • IRGC officers had always assumed that once they had helped Bashar al-Assad to regain control of almost all of Syria, the grateful Syrians would share Syrian bases with IRGC forces, and also permit them to build their own, Iranian bases on Syrian soil. (newenglishreview.org)
  • Important examples of such relations include the support of Iran for United Nations Security Council Resolution 316 urging Israel to free five Syrian officers captured in Lebanon, and Hafez al-Assad's four-day trip to Tehran in 1975 and the signing of cooperation agreements between the two countries. (wikipedia.org)
  • Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi on Friday said that Iran will present a proposal to end the Syrian crisis during the summit of Non-Aligned countries slated to take place in Tehran at the end of August. (ynetnews.com)
  • But Mr Bush said US policy towards Tehran would change only if Iran verifiably suspended its uranium enrichment programme. (bbc.co.uk)
  • If Washington wants to contain Tehran and prevent further Iranian expansion, U.S. policymakers will need to increase pressure on Moscow to curb Tehran's activities in countries like Syria. (csis.org)
  • This cooperation, which has allowed Iran and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF) to increase their capabilities and influence in Syria, should be concerning for the United States as tensions increase between Washington and Tehran. (csis.org)
  • 2 Yet Moscow and Tehran have developed a working relationship in Syria, even though they have their own interests. (csis.org)
  • Mogherini, for her part, underlined the need for cooperation between Tehran and the EU in the settlement of regional conflicts, including in Syria, saying that diplomacy can help solve such crises. (presstv.ir)
  • Earlier Saturday, Mogherini met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to discuss bilateral ties between Tehran and the EU as well as the latest developments in Syria. (presstv.ir)
  • Mogherini arrived in Tehran on Friday night to hold talks with senior Iranian officials about the ongoing crisis in Syria. (presstv.ir)
  • The United States last year withdrew from a landmark nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, and has since reimposed and tightened sanctions on Iran that include its lucrative oil industry. (rferl.org)
  • Tehran, for its part, characterizes its interests in Syria as the legitimate cooperation between two friendly states, and its ties with China as an expression of not only warm bilateral ties but a common vision for their countries, and for international affairs more broadly. (newsweek.com)
  • Security officials worry that Iranian-backed Afghan veterans of the war in Syria will one day become a secret army for Tehran in Afghanistan itself, particularly after a U.S. withdrawal. (foxnews.com)
  • Now with the 8-year war in Syria winding down, the question is what will Tehran do with those well-trained, well-armed forces. (foxnews.com)
  • He went to Iran and worked in Tehran for months, saving money for the next leg of the trip to Europe. (foxnews.com)
  • Short-term confidence-building measures may be possible now that Hassan Rouhani is in the presidency but even such interim steps will require Iran to accept limits, such as shutting down operations at the Fordow enrichment plant, that so far have been out of the question in Tehran. (ipsnews.net)
  • With respect to Iran, the U.N. structure has been in place for years, waiting for a push from both Tehran and Washington. (ibtimes.com)
  • Tehran is pouring thousands of fighters into newly-acquired territories in Syria and building military bases. (gulfnews.com)
  • Sulaimani has also been spotted near the town of Abu Kamal, which sits just across the border from the Iraqi city of Qaim and is the last piece of the land bridge that Iran seeks to establish from Tehran to Beirut. (gulfnews.com)
  • While Tehran and Washington have repeatedly voiced indignation about the other's presence in Syria, they have not reached the point of a military confrontation so far. (aljazeera.com)
  • Lucas added Washington could also pressurise Iran to limit its role in Syria through sanctions, while Tehran could seek exploitation of Syrian natural resources to counter any US punitive measures. (aljazeera.com)
  • Iran believes that a continued presence of American occupation forces in Syria is costly," said Professor Mohammad Marandi of the University of Tehran. (aljazeera.com)
  • In an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press," Sunday, Netanyahu gave a frank insight into the politically criminal thinking of the Israeli ruling elite when he urged the United States to pit Sunni insurgents in Syria and Iraq against Iran, rather than working with Tehran to defeat them. (wsws.org)
  • AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - A separate truce for southern Syria, brokered by the US and Russia, is meant to help allay growing concerns by neighboring Israel and Jordan about Iranian military ambitions in the area, including fears that Tehran plans to set up a disruptive long-term presence there. (timesofisrael.com)
  • At a time when the regime in Syria has suffered a series of military defeats, growing strategic differences between Tehran and Damascus are threatening the Assad brothers' position as leaders. (intelligenceonline.com)
  • Israel has targeted airports and sea ports in the government-held parts of Syria in an apparent attempt to prevent arms shipments from Iran to militant groups backed by Tehran, including Lebanon's Hezbollah. (wlns.com)
  • Syria cooperates with Iran in sending arms to Palestinian groups including Hamas and Hezbollah in Lebanon. (wikipedia.org)
  • The United States, the United Kingdom and Canada have designated both Iran and Syria as State Sponsors of Terrorism in part due to support for Hamas and Hezbollah. (wikipedia.org)
  • Kirby added that multiple Iran-backed milita groups including Kata'ib Hezbollah (KH) and Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada (KSS) had been targeted. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • Kirby's statement continued: 'Several Iran-backed militia groups, including Kata'ib Hezbollah (KH) and Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada (KSS), used these facilities. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • Syria is also the conduit through which Iran supplies its main Arab partner, the Lebanese Shiite group, Hezbollah, and a key member of a so-called "axis of resistance" that opposes Arab-Israeli peace negotiations and condones the use of force against Israel. (atlanticcouncil.org)
  • Without Hamas and Assad, the "resistance front" could shrink to two Shiite Muslim entities: Iran and Hezbollah. (atlanticcouncil.org)
  • Israel on Sunday welcomed the fragile ceasefire in neighboring Syria but warned it would not accept Iranian "aggression" or the supply of advanced weapons to Hezbollah. (alarabiya.net)
  • We won't accept the supply of advanced arms to Hezbollah from Syria and Lebanon. (alarabiya.net)
  • Israel is reported to have carried out a series of raids in Syria targeting Iran-backed Hezbollah and the delivery of weapons to the Lebanese Shiite militia, which is supporting Syrian regime forces. (alarabiya.net)
  • In this Saturday, May 9, 2015 file photo, a Hezbollah fighter stands on a hill next to the group's yellow flag in the fields of the Syrian town of Assal al-Ward in the mountainous region of Qalamoun, Syria. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Israel has carried out a number of airstrikes in Syria against suspected shipments of "game-changing" weapons bound for Hezbollah. (timesofisrael.com)
  • The question and concern is of course if it will be exploited by the Syrian regime, Hezbollah and Iran to create new facts on the ground," said Chagai Tzuriel, the director general of Israel's Intelligence Ministry. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Consequently, bases either being shared by the Syrians with their Iranian allies, or built by Iran for its exclusive use, have been systematically destroyed, along with weapons stockpiled there, some for use by the Iranians in a future conflict with Israel, while others may have been intended for delivery to Hezbollah. (newenglishreview.org)
  • Another Israeli target inside Syria has been the advanced weapons - precision-guided missiles - that Iran, with Syrian help, tries to deliver to Hezbollah. (newenglishreview.org)
  • Since 2012, the IAF has carried out hundreds of sorties inside Syria, aimed at stopping the delivery of those weapons to Hezbollah. (newenglishreview.org)
  • Lebanon's Hezbollah is to send new battalions of military advisors to support its ally Iran on its various fronts. (intelligenceonline.com)
  • On Oct. 6, Trump withdrew U.S. troops from the Turkey-Syria border after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signaled his intent to launch a cross-border invasion. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • A recent strain between Iran and Turkey comes as an unfortunate turn, considering Iran was among the first countries sympathizing with the Erdogan administration after the failed July 15 putsch. (veteranstoday.com)
  • Regional rivalry between Iran and Turkey is nothing new, but political analysts have linked Ankara's tougher rhetoric to U.S. President Donald Trump's approach to the Middle East. (veteranstoday.com)
  • Trump has been sharply critical of Iran, including a nuclear deal it clinched in 2015 with major powers, while Turkey, a NATO ally, is hoping for improved ties with Washington after a chill caused partly by U.S. criticism of Ankara's human rights record. (veteranstoday.com)
  • The major U.N. agencies are implementing programs to provide food, shelter and health care for internally displaced people in Syria as well as Syrian refugees in the neighboring countries of Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. (ibtimes.com)
  • The Astana memorandum signed by Russia, Iran and Turkey reformulates the language of the Syrian conflict from a fabricated inverted reality used by NATO moving the center of gravity from the West eastwards, says global affairs analyst Patrick Henningsen. (rt.com)
  • Russia, Turkey, and Iran on Thursday signed a memorandum establishing four zones of de-escalation in Syria. (rt.com)
  • The only difference, this is not coming from the US, this is being led by a different coalition of countries - Russia, Iran and we have Turkey as well and some agreement from the Syrian government to support a Russian-led proposal here. (rt.com)
  • How do you think the three states, Russia, Turkey, and Iran, guaranteeing the Syrian ceasefire will control the zones? (rt.com)
  • Symbolically, that means that it could put Russia and this new coalition of Turkey, Russia, and Iran on somewhat of equal footing with what is going on in Geneva. (rt.com)
  • The responsibility for maintaining stability in Syria now, he said, belongs to Russia, Turkey and others. (dallasnews.com)
  • We will introduce bipartisan sanctions against Turkey if they invade Syria and will call for their suspension from NATO if they attack Kurdish forces who assisted the U.S. in the destruction of the ISIS Caliphate," Graham said. (dallasnews.com)
  • Although there have been no major defections by Syrian army officers, most of whom are members of the Alawite minority, rank and file soldiers are deserting and joining the so-called Free Syria Army, based across the border in Turkey. (atlanticcouncil.org)
  • For us, this is positive, because the US could help us keeping Iran out, Turkey out. (nationalinterest.org)
  • We are trying to really fend off both Iran and Turkey. (nationalinterest.org)
  • The southern Syria truce is separate from so far unsuccessful efforts by Russia, Turkey and Iran to set up "de-escalation zones" in Syria, including in the south. (timesofisrael.com)
  • I've signed an executive order that authorizes new sanctions against the Syrian government and Iran and those that abet them for using technologies to monitor and track and target citizens for violence," US president Barack Obama said. (newstrackindia.com)
  • Previously named Grace 1, the vessel was held for six months by the British overseas territory of Gibraltar until authorities received written assurances from Iran that it wouldn't sail to Syria in breach of European Union sanctions. (rferl.org)
  • Until recent days, the Obama Administration was regularly increasing its draconian economic sanctions on Iran unless the Teheran government ended its attempt to build nuclear weapons. (antiwar.com)
  • The Iranian people know that the armaments and financial props that Iran provides Assad soak up revenues that are more precious with each new sanctions measure Iran faces. (ipsnews.net)
  • Iran has agreed to limit uranium enrichment and allow inspections of its nuclear sites starting on January 20 in exchange for about US$7 billion in sanctions relief. (straitstimes.com)
  • Szubin has pledged the same with pursuing the financial interests of anyone on the planet that in any way violates the massive and still growing US-led economic sanctions that are targeting the civilian populations of Syria and Iran. (counterpunch.org)
  • They also enforce US-led politically motivated civilian targeting economic sanctions against rogue nations (read: the civilian populations of Syria and Iran), and even sometimes combat the financial support of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction -the latter only with respect to 'bad' countries like Iran, as opposed to 'good' countries like Israel. (counterpunch.org)
  • AIPAC, as one to the two pillars working feverishly on adding more layers of civilian targeting sanctions against Iran and Syria, does its part mainly with Congress. (counterpunch.org)
  • Tuesday's sanctions follow the reinstatement of economic penalties lifted by the Obama administration as part of the nuclear deal and in tandem with upcoming actions to declare Iran in breach of chemical weapons bans, as the Washington Free Beacon first reported on Friday. (freebeacon.com)
  • Today we are acting against a complex scheme Iran and Russia have used to bolster the Assad regime and generate funds for Iranian malign activity," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement announcing the new sanctions. (freebeacon.com)
  • The incident on Thursday was the latest between arch-foes Teheran and Washington since US President Donald Trump walked out in 2018 of a nuclear accord with Iran and renewed punishing sanctions. (straitstimes.com)
  • Human Rights Watch has urged the U.N. Security Council to impose sanctions on those implicated and to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court. (atlanticcouncil.org)
  • It cannot spend nearly as much on its foreign adventures, helping proxies and allies in Yemen, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, as it could just two years ago, before the re-imposition of American sanctions. (newenglishreview.org)
  • For not only have those sanctions been crushing, but Iran has also been hard hit by the coronavirus, which has forced the shutting down of much of its economy. (newenglishreview.org)
  • And at the same time as the coronavirus pandemic hit, there was a collapse in the market for, and price of, oil, so that even if the American sanctions were to be lifted, Iran will be making much less from the sale of its oil than anyone could have predicted just a few months ago. (newenglishreview.org)
  • Senior Arab diplomats said the governments of Iran, Russia , China and other Syrian allies have concluded that there is no solution to the Syrian crisis that will see President Bashar Assad stay in power, Kuwaiti newspaper al-Rai reported on Saturday. (ynetnews.com)
  • Iran paid, trained and armed thousands of Afghan Shiites to fight in Syria to defend its ally, President Bashar Assad. (foxnews.com)
  • Mehdi was one of tens of thousands of Afghans recruited and trained by Iran to fight in support of Tehran's ally, Syrian President Bashar Assad. (foxnews.com)
  • On the political front, the process to attempt a negotiated replacement of President Bashar Assad as Syria's leader is now back in play - despite the U.N.'s past inability to persuade the factions in Syria to engage. (ibtimes.com)
  • It has sent thousands of Iran-backed fighters to Syria, helping to tip the balance of power in the favor of President Bashar Assad. (wlns.com)
  • The United States has launched what it says are defensive airstrikes against Iran-backed militias along the Iraq-Syria border. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • The U.S. military conducted airstrikes against Iran-backed militias near the Iraq-Syria border Sunday. (dailycaller.com)
  • During the Iran-Iraq War, Syria sided with non-Arab Iran against Iraq and was isolated by Saudi Arabia and some of the Arab countries, with the exceptions of Libya, Lebanon, Algeria, Sudan and Oman. (wikipedia.org)
  • Since March 2011, Syria has been gripped by a militancy that it blames on some Western states and their regional allies, particularly Saudi Arabia. (presstv.ir)
  • The White House on May 10 repeated its demand that Iran stop its 'reckless actions' against U.S. allies Israel and Saudi Arabia. (rferl.org)
  • Such a "Shiite crescent" would disrupt the regional balance and be considered a "super red line," he said, referring to rival Sunni and Shiite Muslim political camps led by Saudi Arabia and Iran, respectively. (timesofisrael.com)
  • His April 18 response at the Israeli Defense Ministry followed an observation made by Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz that Iran poses a threat to Israel, the region and the free world. (globalsecurity.org)
  • Besides discussing the long-standing U.S.-Israeli military relationship, Gates also talked about concerns related to Syria. (globalsecurity.org)
  • It supports Iranian activity and aid in Syria, but also explicitly or tacitly allows Israeli military actions against Iranian targets. (csis.org)
  • The third section highlights Israeli airstrikes in Syria, including at T-4 Airbase, in close proximity to Russian aircraft. (csis.org)
  • Iran and Israel engaged in a war or words two days after an exchange of missile fire in Syria, with a prominent Iranian cleric threatening to 'raze' two Israeli cities if it 'acts foolishly' and attacks Iranian forces in Syria again. (rferl.org)
  • On May 10, Israel accused Iran of firing rockets from Syria into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the first time that Iran is believed to have attacked Israel with rockets. (rferl.org)
  • A prominent Iranian ally in Lebanon joined the verbal volley on May 10, warning that both Israel and the United States will face retaliation for repeated Israeli air strikes in Syria that monitors say have killed dozens of Syrian, Iranian, and Hizballah fighters in recent weeks. (rferl.org)
  • After a telephone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May, 'both leaders condemned the Iranian regime's provocative rocket attacks from Syria against Israeli citizens,' the White House said. (rferl.org)
  • In deciding last year not to order a unilateral attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was persuaded that Obama would not let Iran become nuclear-armed. (ipsnews.net)
  • Letting Assad go unpunished could be the straw that breaks Netanyahu's faith in the U.S. and leads to a premature and counterproductive Israeli attack on Iran that then brings the U.S. into an unwanted war. (ipsnews.net)
  • What we are currently seeing is the most serious attempt by hawkish and conservative advisers to get the US directly involved in the Syrian war, an attempt that echoes Israeli concerns about US withdrawal plans from Syria," said Joe Macaron of the Arab Center Washington, DC, further explaining that the aggressive position is not universally accepted. (aljazeera.com)
  • debka file 's military sources disclose that Syria and the Lebanese Hizballah have set up a joint military command for sinking Israeli warships, and Hamas has brought all 13 Palestinian rejectionist organizations under one roof for a sustained bid to intensify terror operations against Israel. (debka.com)
  • All the attacks were on targets bordering or near the Golan Heights, the area captured from Syria and occupied by Israel during the 1967 "Six Day" Arab-Israeli war and illegally annexed by Israel in 1981. (wsws.org)
  • The latest offensive against Syria comes after almost two weeks of an Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank targeting Hamas-a key ally of Iran. (wsws.org)
  • The Israeli news site Walla has some unexpected good news about Syria. (newenglishreview.org)
  • Under the pressure of continuing IAF air strikes, Iran is beginning to draw down its military presence in Syria, unnamed Israeli security officials were quoted as saying on May 4. (newenglishreview.org)
  • Walla cited Israeli officials saying, "For the first time since Iran entered Syria, it is reducing its forces there and evacuating bases. (newenglishreview.org)
  • No sooner do the Iranians reinforce an existing, or build a new, base in Syria, than the Israeli Air Force appears, ready to destroy whatever the Iranians have managed to create on the ground. (newenglishreview.org)
  • Both were done, but neither Syria nor Iran understood in time the efficacy and potency of the Israeli Air Force. (newenglishreview.org)
  • Syria is paying an increasing price due to the Iranian presence on its territory for a war that is not [Syria's]," they [Israeli officials] added. (newenglishreview.org)
  • Iran has turned from an asset for Syria into a burden," the [Israeli] officials asserted. (newenglishreview.org)
  • On April 3, 2018, Brett McGurk, then-special presidential envoy for the U.S.-led anti-Islamic State coalition, told an audience in Washington that the United States planned to stay in Syria for the foreseeable future. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • The al-Tanf military outpost in southern Syria is seen on Oct. 22, 2018. (defensenews.com)
  • Moscow has maintained close ties with Damascus since the Cold War, when Syria was led by the current leader's father, Hafez Assad. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
  • Russia has been carrying out airstrikes against terrorist positions in Syria on a request from Damascus. (presstv.ir)
  • A few weeks ago, President Obama was determined to attack Syria over President Assad's alleged order to his army to use outlawed chemical weapons against civilians in a suburb of Damascus. (antiwar.com)
  • Syria, Hizballah and the Palestinian terrorist commands operating out of Damascus, Gaza, Beirut and Sidon to took this restraint as a starting signal for reviving concerted attacks on Israel. (debka.com)
  • The Damascus-based group opposes foreign intervention in Syria and advocates reform to resolve the nine-month-old crisis. (atlanticcouncil.org)
  • An Iranian official, who spoke to IPS on condition of anonymity, said Iran was also encouraging Shiite religious pilgrims from Iran and Iraq to visit Damascus, site of a major Shiite shrine, to make up for the precipitous drop in European tourism to Syria. (atlanticcouncil.org)
  • Already there is a report that the IRGC has instructed militia proxies in Iraq to attack U.S. interests there in reprisal for any U.S. strikes on Syria. (ipsnews.net)
  • In a statement, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the "precision self-defense strikes are a response to a series of ongoing and mostly unsuccessful attacks against U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria by Iranian-backed militia groups that began on October 17. (defensenews.com)
  • Such retaliation and strikes against Iranian targets in Syria after similar attacks on U.S. bases are routine. (defensenews.com)
  • Reuters) -The United States carried out two air strikes in Syria against Iran and its aligned groups on Sunday, the Pentagon said, in the latest response to a series of attacks against American forces in Syria and in Iraq. (yahoo.com)
  • Specifically, the U.S. strikes targeted operational and weapons storage facilities at two locations in Syria and one location in Iraq, both of which lie close to the border between those countries. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • Monday's air strikes by Israel on a regional military headquarters and eight other targets inside Syria were mounted on the pretext of the death of a teenager in a cross-border attack. (wsws.org)
  • Amid speculation of a possible alliance between Iran and the US against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and with some voices urging an accommodation with Assad, Netanyahu was asked whether US air strikes against ISIS in Iraq would strengthen Iran. (wsws.org)
  • Kirby said the strikes destroyed facilities at a border control point used by multiple militia groups that are backed by Iran. (axios.com)
  • The strikes targeted "operational and weapons storage facilities" in Syria and Iraq, according to a press release from Pentagon press secretary John Kirby. (dailycaller.com)
  • Iran-backed militias were targeted in the strikes as a result of the militias' ongoing attacks against U.S. interests in the region. (dailycaller.com)
  • Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes on targets inside government-controlled parts of Syria in recent years but it rarely acknowledges or discusses the operations. (wlns.com)
  • This move will undermine our ongoing campaign to prevent an ISIS resurgence and will ultimately threaten our homeland," he said, warning that the consequences could strengthen the hand of regional adversaries - the Assad regime in Syria and its backers, Iran and Russian strongman Vladimir Putin. (dallasnews.com)
  • the United States must impose real obstacles to Tehran's pursuit of total victory by the Al Assad regime in Syria," the report by the Institute for National Security of America states. (gulfnews.com)
  • 3 The possibility of losing Syria was particularly alarming because Moscow had just lost its ally in Ukraine. (csis.org)
  • Second, Syria had long been an important ally of Moscow. (csis.org)
  • Syria is Russia's last remaining ally in the Middle East. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
  • Both Syria and its Russian ally deny the regime ordered the attack, and, despite the UN report, there is no direct evidence that it did so. (antiwar.com)
  • Iran has remained a staunch ally of Assad, providing military advisers on the ground and "volunteers" to fight alongside regime forces. (alarabiya.net)
  • Syria ally Russia is to deploy military police in the area. (timesofisrael.com)
  • 4 Third, Russian leaders were concerned that Assad's collapse would allow the Islamic State, al-Qaeda, and other terrorists to use territory in Syria and Iraq to attract more fighters, improve their capabilities, and spread terrorism in and around Russia. (csis.org)
  • Eight hundred thousand people have left their homes to flee the advance of regime forces and the relentless, indiscriminate bombing of Assad's Russian allies.Far to the south of Idlib, however, and largely ignored by the global media, events are under way that may offer a clue to the future direction of Syria. (cufi.org)
  • The Barack Obama administration is increasingly justifying its decision to respond militarily to Assad's chemical weapons use in terms of the likely impact on Iran. (ipsnews.net)
  • And now Assad's chemical weapons slaughter of women and children has exacerbated divisions in Iran itself, with former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani accusing the Syrian government. (ipsnews.net)
  • The agreement that Trump struck with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Asia was sold as a way to ensure that the liberated areas of Syria stay out of Al Assad's control and to provide for the exit of foreign fighters. (gulfnews.com)
  • The United States is committed to imposing a financial toll on Iran, Russia, and others for their efforts to solidify Assad's authoritarian rule, as well as disrupt the Iranian regime's funding of terrorist organizations. (freebeacon.com)
  • Iran has thrown money and arms behind Assad's embattled government in a bid to keep in power one of their chief allies in the Middle East. (time.com)
  • Also during the meeting, Lieberman and Netanyahu also discussed the Iran nuclear deal which president Donald Trump refused to recertify last week. (ynetnews.com)
  • But it also reflects the failure of senior U.S. officials to take Trump at his word, as they actively sought to stay in Syria as a buffer against the Islamic State and Iranian influence-with disastrous consequences for the Syrian Kurds. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • 2) Trump blames Iran for all terrorism and the wars in both the wars in Syria and Yemen. (counterpunch.org)
  • 4) Trump thereby opens the way for and legitimates future Arab-NATO war on Iran and Syria. (counterpunch.org)
  • 8) Trump now proceeds to Israel that want to get Syria's president killed and destroy Iran. (counterpunch.org)
  • Rep. Michael McCaul of Austin, the senior Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, called on Trump to reconsider the idea of allowing a Turkish military operation in Northeast Syria. (dallasnews.com)
  • A task force of senior former US diplomatic and military officials has come up with suggestions for how Trump could prevent Iran from taking over what's left of liberated Syria and fulfil his own promise to contain Iranian influence in the region. (gulfnews.com)
  • Trump is right when he points out that he was dealt a terrible hand in Syria. (gulfnews.com)
  • In March, US President Donald Trump appointed John Bolton, a trenchant critic of Iran, as his new national security adviser. (aljazeera.com)
  • A George W. Bush-era relic, best known as an advocate of the Iraq war, Bolton has reportedly lobbied Trump for a more aggressive posture on Iran. (aljazeera.com)
  • Trump himself and the Pentagon are resisting this temptation, Israel will most probably continue in the foreseeable future to fight its own battles against Iran. (aljazeera.com)
  • The Trump administration's Treasury Department is cracking down on an oil shipping scheme led by Iran and Russia that has been providing "millions of barrels of oil" to the Syrian government as it continues its assault in a bloody civil war that has dragged on with no end in sight. (freebeacon.com)
  • Basically Trump stuffed up, and to prevent massive instability Iran helped to stage a retaliation, and cover up his incompetence. (sciforums.com)
  • Conflicts between the camps have escalated in recent years, including in proxy wars in Syria and Yemen. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Russia's Minister of Defense Sergey Shoygu Tuesday that Israel will not allow Iran to entrench its military forces in Syria. (ynetnews.com)
  • We welcome the efforts to reach a stable, long-term and feasible ceasefire in Syria," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the start of a cabinet meeting. (alarabiya.net)
  • Israel has warned it will not allow Iran to establish a military presence close to its borders in Syria, where Iranian military advisers, troops, and allied Shi'ite militia have since 2011 played a key role backing Assad in his civil war against Sunni rebels. (rferl.org)
  • Where he ended up was entirely different: On the battlefields of Syria's civil war, in a militia created by Iran. (foxnews.com)
  • Kirby said: 'At President Biden's direction, U.S. military forces earlier this evening conducted defensive precision airstrikes against facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups in the Iraq-Syria border region. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • The United States on Thursday carried out an airstrike against facilities in Syria linked to an Iran-backed militia group, the Pentagon announced . (axios.com)
  • Through these and other means, we seek to make clear to Iran and Iran-backed militia groups that there will be serious consequences if they continue to attack, or to arm, fund, and train militia groups that attack our people. (dailycaller.com)
  • Although he has long advocated and still desires regime change in Syria, Obama did not intend to topple the Assad regime. (antiwar.com)
  • The whirlwind diplomacy reflects a bid by Mr Putin to seize the initiative on Syria later this month when world powers try to engage the regime and the rebels in their first direct discussions on ending. (straitstimes.com)
  • The coalition operates a base in Al-Tanf to fight the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria group in Syria, where Iran supports the regime in its nine-year-old civil war. (straitstimes.com)
  • The uprising against the Assad regime is a serious crisis for Iran, as Syria has been the only Arab country allied with Iran since the latter's Islamic revolution of 1979. (atlanticcouncil.org)
  • In trying to salvage its relationship with Syria, Iran has been playing a multifaceted game - reaching out to the opposition and on occasion, criticising Assad, while simultaneously providing the regime with money, weapons and expertise in monitoring computers and cell phones. (atlanticcouncil.org)
  • In this Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019 photo, Abdullah, a former Afghan fighter in Syria with the Fatimiyoun Brigade, wears a mask to hid his identity during an interview with The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan. (foxnews.com)
  • Hasn't this rogque state done enough harm for its size already in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria? (counterpunch.org)
  • The Peabody and Emmy Awards winner has faced dangerous and tense conditions to bring viewers reporting from Ukraine, Syria, Iran, and Afghanistan. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Iran on May 10 called Israel's accusations, which were supported and corroborated by the United States and Western allies, 'fabricated and baseless excuses' to stage attacks in Syria. (rferl.org)
  • According to the Pentagon, there have been at least 12 attacks on U.S. bases and personnel in Iraq and four in Syria since Oct. 17. (defensenews.com)
  • U.S. officials have not publicly tied the recent string of attacks in Syria and Iraq to the violence in Gaza, but Iranian officials have openly criticized the U.S. for providing weapons to Israel that have been used to strike Gaza, resulting in civilian death. (defensenews.com)
  • The strike is the third since Oct. 26 as the United States attempts to quell wave after wave of drone and rocket attacks against American troops in Syria and Iraq, triggered by the Israel-Hamas war. (yahoo.com)
  • Reuters has reported that the U.S. military was taking new measures to protect its Middle East forces during the ramp-up in attacks by suspected Iran-backed groups, and was leaving open the possibility of evacuating military families if needed. (yahoo.com)
  • She added: 'The Iran-backed militias utilizing these facilities have been engaged in attacks threatening US service members. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • The targets were selected because these facilities are utilized by Iran-backed militias that are engaged in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attacks against U.S. personnel and facilities in Iraq. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • Given the ongoing series of attacks by Iran-backed groups targeting U.S. interests in Iraq, the President directed further military action to disrupt and deter such attacks. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • Iran-backed militias have conducted at least five one-way UAV attacks against facilities used by U.S. and Coalition personnel in Iraq since April as well as ongoing rocket attacks against U.S. and Coalition forces," she said in a statement. (dailycaller.com)
  • Recently, Israel has stepped up its attacks on Iranian targets in Syria, including an air strike on May 3 near Aleppo. (newenglishreview.org)
  • Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri, who is allied with Hizballah, told the Associated Press in an interview that some 1,000 U.S. troops that are stationed in northern and eastern Syria to fight the Islamic State extremist group may be in danger. (rferl.org)
  • To back Assad, Iran sent hundreds of Revolutionary Guard troops to Syria and brought in a number of allied militias. (foxnews.com)
  • The Afghan government and many experts believe Iran could mobilize these ex-fighters once more, especially if the country's many armed factions turn on each other in escalated warfare after U.S. and NATO troops withdraw. (foxnews.com)
  • But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow has no intention of pushing Iran to remove its troops from Syria. (gulfnews.com)
  • Third, the US should work with regional allies to stop Iran from moving weapons and troops into Syria. (gulfnews.com)
  • U.S. and coalition troops have been attacked at least 40 times in Iraq and Syria by Iran-backed forces in recent weeks. (yahoo.com)
  • The United States has 900 troops in Syria, and 2,500 more in neighboring Iraq, on a mission to advise and assist local forces trying to prevent a resurgence of Islamic State, which in 2014 seized large swathes of both countries but was later defeated. (yahoo.com)
  • Syria and Iran are strategic allies. (wikipedia.org)
  • Military officials have been trying to predict the range of possible responses from Syria, Iran and their allies. (stripes.com)
  • As tensions in the Persian Gulf ratchet up, it's not clear whether the Kurds and their allies in the Syrian Democratic Forces are willing-or able-to be a part of any U.S.-led war against Iran. (nationalinterest.org)
  • Washington's latest pronouncements about the crisis in Syria and Iraq have met with incomprehension among its allies in the region - to the extent that they are devising their own strategies. (intelligenceonline.com)
  • Iran created a network of militias made up of Shiites from across the region and used it to save Assad from the uprising against his rule - not only Afghans but also Pakistanis, Iraqis and Lebanese. (foxnews.com)
  • Militias backed by Iran for their part have vowed to target the US presence in Syria. (aljazeera.com)
  • Iran through its militias and the US through the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). (aljazeera.com)
  • In the seven years since the start of the Syrian conflict, Iran has established deep roots within the country by commanding militias that count fighters in the tens of thousands. (aljazeera.com)
  • Such apprehensions were stoked by recent movements of Shiite Muslim militias - loyal to Iran and fighting alongside Syrian government forces - toward Jordan's border with Syria, and to another strategic area in the southeast, close to where the two countries meet Iraq. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Afghan security officials believe Iran is still organizing them, this time as a secret army to spread Tehran's influence amid Afghanistan's unending conflicts. (foxnews.com)
  • Those sanctioned under the new measures include Syrian nationals and the owners of a Russian-based company believed by the United States to be smuggling oil from Iran to Syria and paying off Tehran's Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, or IRGC. (freebeacon.com)
  • Netanyahu warned the Russian defense minister that unless the deal is altered, Iran will be able to build up a stockpile of nuclear weapons within 8-10 years. (ynetnews.com)
  • In his first UN speech Rouhani said Iran was ready to enter talks regarding the nuclear question and emphasized Iran desired a reduction in tensions with the United States. (antiwar.com)
  • Certainly, punishing Assad for crossing Obama's red line on chemical weapons will make it less likely that Iran will cross Obama's red line on production of nuclear weapons. (ipsnews.net)
  • On the other hand, U.S.-led airstrikes against Syria could set back prospects for peaceful resolution of the Iranian nuclear issue. (ipsnews.net)
  • A real solution to the problem is probably impossible, given the depth of differences between the protagonists: Iran wants a nuclear weapons capability and its adversaries don't want Iran to have it. (ipsnews.net)
  • The agency will be supporting the efforts by the five permanent members of the Security Council plus Germany to negotiate an agreement that prevents Iran from getting nuclear weapons, while still developing nuclear power for peaceful purposes. (ibtimes.com)
  • In a broad show of bipartisan support for' containing the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran ', all but one member of the house foreign affairs committee signed, at AIPAC's urging, a letter to President Obama. (counterpunch.org)
  • The worst outcome would be that Iran "would come out with nuclear weapons capability," he added. (wsws.org)
  • If you can't understand why Iran is delaying Ukrainian inspectors from accessing the crash site even though it's their plane, just as inspectors were blocked and delayed by Russia after every major chemical attack in Syria and the MH-17 shootdown, just as every nuclear monitoring site in Russia suddenly shut down for a week due to a 'glitch' (faulty Windows update maybe? (sciforums.com)
  • After all, over 9,000 individuals from Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia traveled to Syria and Iraq to join Salafi-jihadist groups like the Islamic State and al-Qaeda. (csis.org)
  • Erdogan soon rolled into northeastern Syria in an ongoing operation that Kurdish leaders have dubbed a " genocide ," killing hundreds of fighters and civilians, displacing 300,000 residents, and opening the door to a resurgence of the Islamic State. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • First, the US needs to declare a clear Syria policy that removes suspicions that the US is going to pull up stakes now that Daesh (the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) has fallen. (gulfnews.com)
  • Although US-supported forces hold territories east of the Euphrates River in Syria's southeast, as well as along the borders of Israel and Jordan in the southwest, Iran has stated its intention to help Al Assad retake all of Syria. (gulfnews.com)
  • Jordan previously raised concerns about Iran in talks with Russia, the official said. (timesofisrael.com)
  • A successful truce could pave the way for talks about Syria retaking control of border crossings with Jordan that it lost to rebels during the war, the Jordanian official said. (timesofisrael.com)
  • In September 2022, Iranian state media reported that high-level officials from Iran and Syria discussed the prospects of "mutual cooperation in the field of oil and gas," suggesting that the two countries are considering forming a joint oil and gas company. (wikipedia.org)
  • US officials have stated that they want to challenge Iranian influence in Syria, but how likely is a confrontation? (aljazeera.com)
  • Central Bank of Iran officials continue to exploit the international financial system, and in this case even used a company whose name suggests a trade in humanitarian goods as a tool to facilitate financial transfers supporting this oil scheme. (freebeacon.com)
  • The Center for a New American Security fellow told the National Interest that he "received many questions…from SDF officials about the extent to which the United States could use the SDF against Iran and its proxies, particularly in Deir ez-Zor. (nationalinterest.org)
  • Following a June 2019 meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Kyrgyzstan, Russian President Vladimir Putin remarked that "relations between Russia and Iran are multifaceted, multilateral. (csis.org)
  • Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned against a military intervention in Syria and an attack on Iran and claimed that the West had backed the Arab Spring revolts to advance its interests in the region. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
  • From the perspective of the Kurds, we would have to have offered them some kind of major concession, because what benefit would it be to poke Iran, their next door neighbor in the eye, and draw their ire, knowing that when whatever we would do is finished, they're still going to be there? (nationalinterest.org)
  • This analysis of commercial satellite imagery at Tiyas Airbase in Syria indicates the scope and proximity of Russian and Iranian military ties. (csis.org)
  • Learning from that bitter experience, we are against any U.N. Security Council resolutions that could be interpreted as a signal for a military interference into domestic processes in Syria," Putin said. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
  • He called for measures to stop the delivery of military equipment to foreign-backed Takfiri militants wreaking havoc in Syria. (presstv.ir)
  • Iran has been providing military advisory assistance to the Syrian government in its campaign against terrorism. (presstv.ir)
  • says 'Iran has to understand that Israel will not allow' military entrenchment in Syria. (ynetnews.com)
  • While Ukraine will use the 7.62-mm ammunition seized from Iran in its fight against Russia, Iran has been supplying Russia with the Shahed-136 drones that its forces have used in Ukraine against both civilian and military targets. (rferl.org)
  • Iran is indigenously, continuously building, and proudly doing so, to have the capabilities to build these UAVs by the Iranian military industries and companies and internal engineers," the IDF official said. (newsweek.com)
  • Netanyahu's faith in that assurance will be stronger if Obama demonstrates he is both willing and able to employ military power against Syria. (ipsnews.net)
  • Given the extensive military support that Iran has been providing Assad, some Qods forces are likely to get caught in the crosshairs. (ipsnews.net)
  • The willingness of the administration of US President Barack Obama to forego military action against Syria in favor of a coordinated diplomatic solution to rid the nation of its deadly stockpile of chemical weapons validates the role of the Security Council, as envisioned by its founders more than 65 years ago. (ibtimes.com)
  • 5) Nobody bothers to relate all this to the fact that the Gulf States already spend roughly 10 times more than Iran and Syria on their military. (counterpunch.org)
  • The United States should not step aside and allow a Turkish military operation in Northeast #Syria . (dallasnews.com)
  • There is no appetite in the US for a prolonged military mission in Syria, but the lessons of the US withdrawal from Iraq in 2011 are fresh in the minds of military leaders. (gulfnews.com)
  • Our military sources add that, from the strategic viewpoint, the Washington dialogue and the disproportionate hype surrounding it were counter-productive in that it led to the resumption of Hamas terrorist activities on the West Bank and strengthened the military partnership between Syria and Hizballah for aggression against Israel. (debka.com)
  • In the same vein, during a press conference following Monday's military attack, Netanyahu said in conflicts like Syria, it is best for Israel to sit back and let its enemies weaken each other. (wsws.org)
  • Syria was the first Arab state and the third in general, after the Soviet Union and Pakistan, to recognize the Islamic Republic, founded in February 1979. (wikipedia.org)
  • We are in Syria to fight ISIS," McGurk said during an event at the United States Institute for Peace, "and our mission isn't over. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • He replied that both the radical Shi'ites allied to Iran, and radical Sunnis, led by Al Qaeda and ISIS, were enemies of the US. (wsws.org)
  • Instead, the US should "take the actions that you deem necessary to counter the ISIS takeover of Iraq," but must not "allow Iran to dominate Iraq the way it dominated Lebanon and Syria. (wsws.org)
  • There is a deep concern within the SDF over the extent to which the United States is looking to use SDF forces as a counter to Iran in Syria," said Nicholas Heras, who just returned from northeast Syria, where he was attending the International Forum on ISIS. (nationalinterest.org)
  • The global spotlight has currently returned to Syria because of the Assad regime's current bloody offensive in Idlib, Aleppo and Latakia provinces. (cufi.org)
  • Syrians could also respond with "a vicious offensive" against the opposition inside Syria, Aaron David Miller, a former top Middle East negotiator in the State Department who now is a vice president at the Woodrow Wilson Center, told the Journal. (stripes.com)
  • That would require interdicting shipments by sea and ensuring that US-supported forces control key border towns in Syria and Iraq. (gulfnews.com)
  • MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia launches a fresh round of Syrian diplomacy on Thursday when it receives the foreign minister of Iran before hosting his counterpart from Syria ahead of historic peace talks on the bloody crisis. (straitstimes.com)
  • In the meantime, Syria, Hizballah and the Palestinian terrorist community are using the very act of diplomacy as the impetus for a violent response. (debka.com)
  • During World War II, for example, the Soviet Union occupied northern Iran, creating deep suspicion and mistrust among many Iranians. (csis.org)
  • A day after Shoygu concludes his visit, Lieberman will take off for Washington to meet with US Defense Secretary James Mattis, with Iran occupying the bulk of their focus and Trump's announcement of a new policy review of the US's approach to the Iranians and the situation in Syria. (ynetnews.com)
  • Iran, it turns out, takes a while to learn its lesson, but eventually it does so, and at the beginning of May the IDF noticed that not only are the Iranians no longer building new bases in Syria, but are also pulling out of those places where they had still managed to maintain a presence. (newenglishreview.org)
  • So you have hundreds of independent news agencies and governments around the world reporting that Iran shot it down, we have Iranians releasing home videos of the shootdown, and you casually dismiss it all as propaganda with no analysis whatsoever. (sciforums.com)
  • It is clear that Israel wanted some justification for stepping up aggression against Syria. (wsws.org)
  • The premier added however that "it's important it remains clear any agreement in Syria must include an end to Iranian aggression aimed at Israel from Syria's territory. (alarabiya.net)
  • According to Salehi, Iran is willing to host talks between the Syrian government and Syrian opposition members after the summit. (ynetnews.com)
  • US President George W Bush has ruled out early talks with Iran and Syria on tackling Iraq's unrest, after meeting Tony Blair at the White House. (bbc.co.uk)
  • The ISG urged talks with Iran and Syria on tackling the instability. (bbc.co.uk)
  • The United States wants Iran to sign up to the accord before it formally joins talks that are due to kick off in the Swiss lakeside town of Montreux on January 22 before moving two days later to Geneva. (straitstimes.com)
  • The cease-fire for southern Syria, set to start at noon Sunday, is meant to keep all forces pinned to their current positions, said Jordan's government which participated in the talks. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Rouhani further said terrorist activities in Syria and Iraq pose a threat to the whole world, calling on the EU to use its "political influence" to put pressure on the regional sponsors of terrorist groups and block financial support for them. (presstv.ir)
  • President Rouhani further said fighting terrorism and safeguarding the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Syria is important to the Islamic Republic. (presstv.ir)
  • The election in June of President Hassan Rouhani provided the opportunity for Obama to renew his pledge to engage Iran with an open hand, not a clenched fist. (ibtimes.com)
  • As tensions escalate between the United States and Iran in the Middle East, Russia is engaged in covert and overt cooperation with Iran in ways that undermine U.S. national security interests. (csis.org)
  • In characterizing the primary areas of cooperation, Putin noted: "this concerns the economy, this concerns the issues of stability in the region, our joint efforts to combat terrorism, including in Syria. (csis.org)
  • 1 One example of Russian-Iranian cooperation is in Syria. (csis.org)
  • In this regard," the Iranian president said, "the EU's increased activity to create security and peace in Syria with the cooperation of regional countries will be effective. (presstv.ir)
  • Rumsfeld can talk belligerently, but he's stuck in Iraq and genuinely needs Iran and Syria's cooperation. (juancole.com)
  • North Korea, for example, which has even more chemical weapons than Syria, will be on notice not to even think about using them in any provocation against South Korea or in any conflict that might erupt as a result of a provocation. (ipsnews.net)
  • Meanwhile, it is Iran rather than the U.S. that stands to lose most from the Syrian conflict. (ipsnews.net)
  • In both Syria and Iran, other parts of the U.N. system have also been mobilized and are playing important roles in managing, rather than preventing, conflict. (ibtimes.com)
  • Russia and Iran support Assad and a political settlement to the conflict - and this is the only thing working right now," said the analyst. (straitstimes.com)
  • The United States has sent warships and fighter aircraft to the region since the Israel-Hamas conflict erupted on Oct. 7, including two aircraft carriers, to try to deter Iran and Iran-backed groups. (yahoo.com)
  • He stated that Iran had a right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes. (antiwar.com)
  • In Syria, he was thrown into one of the war's bloodiest battles, surrounded by the bodies of his comrades, under fire from Islamic militants so close he could hear their shouts of "Allahu akbar" before each mortar blast. (foxnews.com)
  • WASHINGTON - The U.S. has intercepted an order from Iran to militants in Iraq to attack the U.S. Embassy and other American interests in Baghdad in the event of a strike on Syria, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. (stripes.com)
  • The US needs the Shiites cooperative and quiet, and attacking Iran openly just won't achieve that aim. (juancole.com)
  • The U.N. is playing both humanitarian and political roles in Syria, where more than 100,000 people have been killed in fighting and millions have fled their homes. (ibtimes.com)
  • Post-Revolution Iran represented an opportunity for Syrian President Hafez al-Assad to find a new counterweight to Israel and Iraq, Syria's regional foes. (wikipedia.org)
  • Iran has to understand that Israel will not allow this," Netanyahu said during the meeting in Jerusalem, which was also attended by Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman. (ynetnews.com)
  • Newsweek asked an Israel Defense Forces official during a press briefing Monday if Israel was concerned over the 25-year China-Iran strategic partnership agreement signed last year, coupled with indications that the U.S. may soon reenter the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Strategic Plan of Action (JCPOA). (newsweek.com)
  • At a conference in Israel earlier this month, Ambassador James Jeffrey, the U.S. Special Representative for Syria Engagement, spoke of a " maximum pressure " campaign in Syria, referencing the U.S campaign against Iran. (nationalinterest.org)
  • Israel has repeatedly said it will not allow Iran to set up a permanent presence in Syria. (timesofisrael.com)
  • The blood-curdling warnings issued by Iran, threatening Israel with a terrible vengeance, have had no effect on the IAF. (newenglishreview.org)
  • They added that Israel would maintain pressure on Iran "until it leaves Syria. (newenglishreview.org)
  • Tensions between Iran and the United States over Syria are at the highest they have been since the country's civil war started in 2011. (aljazeera.com)
  • As long as the tensions between the United States and Iran stay simmering, it "gives the US an incentive to keep staying in northeast Syria," said Bassam Ishak, the Syrian Democratic Council's diplomat in Washington. (nationalinterest.org)
  • Iran and its supporters say the United States shares responsibility for Israel's declared war against Palestinian militant group Hamas, which is also backed by Iran. (yahoo.com)
  • Russia and Iran have developed a complex-and sometimes contentious-historical relationship. (csis.org)
  • Mona Yacoubian, an expert on Lebanon and Syria at the Stimson Centre in Washington, told a panel discussion Wednesday at the Atlantic Council that Syria plays "an important bridging role not just geographically but ideologically" as the only Arab country in the axis. (atlanticcouncil.org)
  • Murhaf Jouejati, a Washington-based member of the SNC, told IPS that a successor government to Assad would "shift back to the Arab mainstream" that supports a negotiated solution of Israel's disputes with the Palestinians, Lebanon and Syria and better relations with the U.S. (atlanticcouncil.org)