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State Department Seeks Maximum Pressure On Iran In Syria

Amb. James Jeffrey, the highest-ranking U.S. official on Syria, will be traveling to Brussels next week to discuss opening a new front of economic pressure against Iranian influence in Syria. Iran hawks in the Trump administration have seen their fortunes rise, fall, and rise again...

Bashar al-Assad’s Hollow Victory

President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria has now endured through nearly nine years of civil conflict. The question for those invested in Syria’s future is no longer whether the regime will survive but how it will seek to consolidate its power before ending the war still ravaging the...

Flaring tensions could kill Iran nuclear deal; to what end?

The landmark 2015 deal between Tehran and world powers aimed at preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons has been teetering on the edge of collapse since the United States pulled out unilaterally in 2018. The European Union says it will “spare no effort” to keep the deal alive, but...

Is Syrian Intelligence involved in Soleimani's assassination

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The death of Iran’s top General in a U.S. air strike on Friday has sparked speculation among Syrians over a Syrian Intelligence role as the last stop for Maj. Gen Qaseem Soleimani was in Damascus before landing in Baghdad. The Monday's visit of Ali Mamlouk, Head of...