He told The Media Line that Syria is walking a tightrope. “On one hand, it cannot abandon its traditional alliance with Iran. On the other hand, it realizes that direct or even verbal involvement in ...

The longtime enemies have opened contacts, reflecting a power shift across a Middle East in which they have newfound common ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio have held rare face-to-face talks on the ...

Welcome back to Al-Monitor Israel.Israeli officials are divided over whether to seize the moment and pursue a security ...

Lebanon risks being swallowed by regional powers unless it acts to address Hezbollah’s arms and implement reforms, U.S. envoy ...

Israel used Syrian airspace for its strikes on Iran last month, and the two countries are discussing a non-aggression pact ...

Israel annexed the Golan Heights in 1981 after capturing the territory from Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War. While most of ...

Iran and Syria signed a series of agreements between 2015 and 2020 aimed at Tehran recovering its debts. They included giving Iran land for farming, a licence to become a mobile phone operator, ...

Israeli airstrike hits Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria 02:14. Tehran, Iran — Iran and one of its key proxies vowed Tuesday to respond to a strike widely attributed to Israel that demolished ...

Syria and Iran see themselves as "two states under siege, surrounded by adversarial regimes," Lasensky says. "The unified opposition against them reinforces the alliance."Other experts warn the ...

Why Syria Matters. While Iran's Axis of Resistance network spans multiple countries, even beyond the Middle East, Syria has emerged as a central hub for the "Joint Operations Room," which Najafi ...

Iran’s top-ranking general in Syria has contradicted the official line taken by Iran’s leaders on the sudden downfall of their ally Bashar al-Assad, saying in a remarkably candid speech last ...