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"Iran holds the upper hand": Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi calls for "sacred resistance" to defeat enemiesAccording to the state broadcaster Press TV, the high-ranking cleric on Tuesday urged the Iranian people to maintain their "sacred and hist...
Russia, Syria to hold further talks on Russian military bases in Syria, TASS reportsRussia and Syria are continuing discussions on the presence of Russian military bases in Syria. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bog...
Russia pulling back but not out of Syria, sources sayFollowing the fall of President Assad, Russia is withdrawing troops and equipment from front lines in northern Syria and Alawite Mountains....
Israel orders troops to 'prepare to remain' in Syria buffer zone through winterIsraeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has ordered the military to "prepare to remain" throughout the winter in the UN-patrolled buffer zone ...
What is Israel up to in Syria? Its tanks are just 24 kilometres southwest of DamascusIsraeli tanks have moved up to 24 kilometers southwest of Damascus, leaving the question of what the nation's intentions are in Syria with ...
Israel says its air strikes destroyed most of Syria's strategic weapons stockpilesFollowing President Assad's ousting, Israel launched extensive airstrikes across Syria, targeting strategic weapons and infrastructure to p...
Israel deploys forces in demilitarised buffer zone along northern frontier with SyriaIsraeli troops deployed to the Golan Heights to bolster security amid internal events in Syria, while asserting non-interference. The deplo...
Situation in Syria creating new weakness for Hezbollah, Iran, says US envoy HochsteinU.S. envoy Amos Hochstein observes that the rebels' advance in Syria weakens Hezbollah and Iran's influence. Hezbollah, while still a force...
Foreign armies in Syria and how they came to be thereForeign powers have been deeply involved in the Syrian conflict since 2011. Turkey supports rebel groups and opposes Kurdish forces, while ...
War monitor says 12 dead in strikes targeting pro-Iranian fighters in SyriaTwelve pro-Iranian fighters were killed in air strikes of unknown origin in eastern Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Ri...
Israeli strikes in central Syria kill seven: war monitorIsraeli airstrikes in central Syria killed at least seven people, including three civilians, according to a war monitor. The strikes target...
Explainer: What are US troops doing in the Middle East and where are they?The United States conducted airstrikes on Iraqi and Syrian targets associated with Iran's Revolutionary Guard and its supported militias, r...
Russia, Syria restore Syrian air base for joint useRussia has been a dominant military force in Syria since launching air strikes and ground operations there in 2015. It further asserted its...
US confirms its troops carried out raid in Syria targeting ISIS officialThe US military officially confirmed a raid near the frontlines in north-east Syria targeting a senior ISIS official.
Syria says Israeli raids target Mediterranean port region of LatakiaAlthough Israeli strikes in the last few years have targeted many parts of Syria, they have rarely hit Latakia which is close to Russia's m...
Russian military intervenes to halt clashes in Syrian cityRear Adm. Alexander Karpov, the head of the Russian military's Reconciliation Center in Syria, on Tuesday said military police backed by he...
Iran says Israel will 'regret' further attacks on SyriaThe secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council has said Israel will be sorry if it continues to attack Syria's army and its alli...
Russia should not interfere in US efforts to destroy ISIS: White HouseOn Afghanistan, Earnest said President Obama's policy in particular troops presence would be driven by the situation on the ground.
Russia sends ships from Black Sea Fleet into the eastern Mediterranean for naval exercisesRussia is also sending a major contingent of its ships from its Black Sea Fleet to the eastern Mediterranean for military exercises.
President Barack Obama confident US making progress against Islamic StateDuring the meeting at Pentagon, Obama was updated on military operations by the US and its international partners in Iraq and Syria.