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Attempts by Saudi Arabia, Iran and Turkey to co-opt Arab tribes will deepen the country's divisions

Saudi Arabia is putting renewed pressure on its ties with tribal groups in Syria as it continues to support those trying to topple the regime of Bashar al-Assad. In a visit in late June to Syrian territories controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance fighting against the...

UK and France 'to send more troops to Syria' after demands from Trump

Britain and France have reportedly agreed to send additional troops to Syria at the request of Donald Trump‘s administration. Although the number of special forces troops operating in Syria has never been made public, both countries are preparing to send an additional 10-15 per cent of...

Denied Iran's Oil, Syria Has Few Options But Russia

The noose strangling the flow of oil to Syria tightened a notch last week, when British Royal Marines boarded a tanker carrying Iranian crude into the Mediterranean Sea through the Strait of Gibraltar. With Syria’s Iranian supplies halted, the flow will have to come from somewhere else, and...

Nuclear Holocaust: If an Israel vs. Russia War Broke Out in Middle East

Were the Israelis and Russians to come to blows, or if Moscow were to seriously threaten military force against Israel, could the United States risk a grave loss of prestige by not intervening to back its longtime ally? Could Russia—whose Syrian intervention is a proud symbol of its reborn...