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2026-10-11 21:55
By Ali Minabi
Syria between potential intervention in Yemen and domestic crises
TEHRAN – The costs and risks of Syrian intervention in Yemen could begin to mount from the moment a decision is made.
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2026-09-22 21:12
Shock therapy threatens post-Assad peace in Syria: analysis
President Shara relies on Hayat Tahrir al-Sham veterans as key advisers and policymakers
TEHRAN – A number of economic policies adopted by new Syrian leader Ahmed al-Shara has made the people’s lives “even harder,” says a senior nonresident fellow at the Center for International Policy.
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2026-09-13 20:55
By staff writer
Israel expands southern Syria footprint; tank columns and artillery push past Golan
TEHRAN — Israeli armor and heavy artillery have locked the approach to Damascus into a steady rhythm of bombardment.
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2026-09-08 21:48
By staff writer
Israeli troops storm Breqa as raids expand across southern Syria
TEHRAN — Israeli forces stormed the village of Breqa in Syria’s southern Quneitra province on Tuesday, raiding a residential home in the latest brazen assault on Syrian sovereignty.
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2026-08-30 21:23
By Ali Minabi
The new Syria: From terror lists to Israeli intimidation
TEHRAN — The lifting of U.S. sanctions on Syria and its removal from America's terrorist designation list coincide with Damascus’s concessions to Israel and the U.S. to reshape Syria's landscape.
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2026-08-26 18:21
Erdogan says Turkey won’t abandon Syria or let Israel draw ‘red lines’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded on Tuesday to Israeli strikes on a Syrian military base last week, saying Ankara would not abandon its friends in the region and that no outside power could set the boundaries of Turkish foreign policy.
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2026-08-24 20:44
By staff writer
Israel steps up attacks on Syria hours after top Syrian diplomat meets Mossad chief
TEHRAN — Before dawn on Monday, six Israeli armored vehicles and an infantry company crossed into western Daraa, sweeping homes in the Syrian village of Ma’ariya under hovering surveillance drones before withdrawing back across the occupied Golan frontier.
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2026-08-22 21:11
Israel escalates strikes and ground raids across Syria
TEHRAN — Israel has intensified its assault on Syrian sovereignty, unleashing a coordinated campaign of drone strikes, artillery barrages, and ground invasions.
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2026-08-18 20:43
Despite al-Jolani’s appeasement, Israel strikes Syrian airfield, warning Ankara
TEHRAN — Israeli jets pounded the Abu al-Duhur military airbase in eastern Idlib early Tuesday. Eight consecutive strikes cratered the runway and obliterated storage facilities.
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2026-08-10 20:04
By Garsha Vazirian
The same hostage economics playbook, from Havana to Tehran to Beirut
Washington uses civilian suffering as its primary foreign policy tool
TEHRAN — The August 2026 New York Times report operates as an unclassified confession of state terror. When Israel launched its barbaric campaign of aggression on Lebanon in March, the opening salvos bypassed command centers. Warplanes targeted civilian banks, local exchange shops, and neighborhood gas stations. The architects of this aggression admit their primary objective was “Hezbollah’s money,” functionally confessing to holding the daily survival of Lebanese families hostage.
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2026-07-29 21:43
Al-Nusra Front terrorist is now Syria’s chargé d'affaires in US
TEHRAN - It is worth noticing that a member of a terrorist group in Syria has now become a diplomat in the United States.
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2026-07-22 20:28
By Wesam Bahrani
Territory before politics: Why Trump cannot neutralize Hezbollah
TEHRAN – During Lebanese President Joseph Aoun’s White House meeting with his U.S. counterpart, Trump again publicly promoted the idea of Syrian forces confronting Hezbollah.
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2026-07-19 15:03
SDS hotspots in Iraq, Syria affecting Iran to be controlled
TEHRAN – According to the head of Iran’s National Headquarters for Dust Storm Policy and Coordination, the country intends to identify and control two sources of sand and dust storms in Iraq and Syria that have the most impact on the country by the end of 2026.
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2026-07-18 20:19
By Behnam Molayee
Trump’s regional agenda to serve Israel
TEHRAN – The United States appears to be coordinating with some countries to rearrange the regional landscape by applying pressure on Syria, Lebanon and Iraq to serve Israeli interests.
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2026-07-14 21:46
By Wesam Bahrani
From Macron to Trump to Israel: What is Syria’s share?
TEHRAN – French President Macron surprised everyone by visiting Syria as the first Western leader to meet self-declared president Ahmad al-Sharaa in Damascus.
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2026-02-25 16:26
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Mounting strategic tensions: The escalating military buildup along Lebanon’s eastern frontier
SOUTH LEBANON — It is no coincidence that Lebanese anxieties have intensified amid growing reports of military preparations along the Syrian-Lebanese border.
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2026-02-24 19:10
By Wesam Bahrani
U.S. withdrawal from Al-Tanf base
TEHRAN - The United States’ withdrawal from the Al-Tanf base in southern Syria signals a shift in military strategy rather than a full exit.
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2026-02-24 19:09
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Syria's agrarian collapse: The undeclared costs of “reform” and occupation
SOUTH LEBANON — Recent statements by Grand Mufti of Syria, Osama al-Rifai, regarding the nation’s agrarian reform lands have sparked a renewed and impassioned debate on one of Syria’s most contentious socio-economic debates.
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2026-02-20 19:03
Saudi Arabia to replace Israel with Syria in fibre-optic project, report says
Saudi Arabia is pushing to replace Israel with Syria as the primary transit country for a major fibre-optic cable connecting the kingdom to Greece, according to Middle East Eye.
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2026/02/08
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Smuggling, sovereignty, and transitional power: The Lebanese–Syrian border after Assad
BEIRUT — The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government did not bring an end to smuggling between Syria and Lebanon. Instead, it transformed its logic, scale, and actors.
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2026-02-07 19:07
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Syria in the balance: Managed fragmentation, external leverage, and the reordering of power
BEIRUT—Syria is entering a new and delicate phase in which the language of “stability” increasingly masks a reality of managed fragmentation and intensified foreign influence.
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2026-01-30 19:14
Syrian government and Kurdish-led SDF agree integration deal
Syria's government has reached a deal with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia alliance that would see the gradual integration of Kurdish forces and institutions into the state, the BBC reported.
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2026-01-26 18:50
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Lebanon: Rising pressures amid Syria’s instability and Israeli threats
BEIRUT — With the Israeli enemy maintaining continuous attacks from the south and the resurgence of ISIS and other extremist groups in Syria, Lebanon faces unprecedented security challenges.
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2026-01-24 18:34
Report: Syrian and Kurdish forces extend ceasefire for up to one month
The Syrian government and Kurdish forces agreed to extend a ceasefire on Saturday, according to Syrian diplomatic sources, temporarily staving off a looming war between the two sides in Syria’s northeast.
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2026/01/23
By Ranjan Solomon
Iran, the collapse of Western strategy - where empires lose the plot
The enduring logic of civilizations vis-à-vis brute Western arrogance
GOA- Traditional Western approaches (like regime change or containment) towards Iran are failing due to Iran's deep historical roots, revolutionary ideology, and resilience, leading to a shift in global power, where the "West" loses legitimacy as multipolar dynamics emerge, and Iran's strategic endurance, though marked by internal fragility and regional conflict, challenges the old international order. It suggests Western strategies often misjudge Iran's ideological drivers and deep cultural identity, leading to prolonged conflict rather than collapse, as seen in the shifting global landscape favoring non-Western actors.
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2026-01-21 19:59
Syrian forces seize al-Hawl camp as Kurdish withdrawal sparks security concerns
Syrian government forces took control of al-Hawl detention camp, which houses tens of thousands of suspected members of the ISIL terror group (also known as ISIS and Daesh), after Kurdish forces withdrew.
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2026-01-20 19:15
Security vacuum feared as SDF withdraws from ISIL camp amid Syrian clashes
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said it has withdrawn from a camp holding thousands of people with alleged links to the ISIL terror group as clashes with the Syrian army continue despite a ceasefire agreement.
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2026-01-19 18:55
By staff writer
Syria’s shifting northeast: A new step on ground long shaped by foreign powers
TEHRAN — The main Kurdish fighting force in northeast Syria — commonly known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) — has reached a centralization agreement with the government under Ahmed al-Sharaa, reflecting a shift in how several key areas in the northeast will be managed following recent developments on the ground.
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2026-01-18 19:24
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Northern Syria at a crossroads: Deir Hafir and the Kurdish question
BEIRUT — The announcement by the army of the de facto authority in Damascus on Saturday, January 17, 2026, that it had fully taken control of the city of Deir Hafir in eastern Aleppo countryside marks a significant turning point in the evolving Syrian conflict.
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2026-01-17 17:51
Wedding in Kordestan celebrates culture, music and unity
TEHRAN – Wedding ceremonies have deeply rooted in various ancient rituals and beliefs in every corner of Iran. Among them, Kurdish weddings may be the most colorful and lively ones.