More than 10,000 ISIS fighters currently imprisoned in Syria by the U.S. military’s allies in the country are on the brink of a “mass breakout,” according to Defense Department’s top watchdog …
Israel’s outgoing defence minister says Iran starting to withdraw from Syria
Iran has begun withdrawing its forces from Syria, Israel’s outgoing defence minister said on Monday, without offering any evidence to support his assertion. Naftali Bennett also urged his successor, …
20 years after Lebanon pullout, war with Hezbollah won’t be walk in park
The next war with Hezbollah won’t be a walk in the park – and could even see the Lebanese and Syrian armies take part.
Iran’s Khamenei Hits Out at Trump and ‘Nonsensical’ Pompeo, Says Americans Will Be Expelled From Iraq and Syria
Tensions between Washington, D.C. and Tehran have remained high even as both nations struggle to contain the coronavirus pandemic.
Cousin of Syria’s Assad faces legal action over telecom debt
Syria’s telecommunications authority on Sunday said a deadline for a cellular company owned by the cousin of President Bashar Assad to pay back its debts to the state has ended, adding that legal …
Syrian tycoon says government ordered him to step down from mobile operator
Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf issued a video statement on Sunday saying officials had told him to quit as head of mobile operator Syriatel, in the latest twist in a tussle over assets and taxes that has …
Iran’s Khamenei says US will be expelled from Iraq, Syria
Iran’s supreme leader said Sunday that the United States will be expelled from Iraq and Syria and alleged that even Washington’s allies “abhor” it now. The US “will not be staying either in Iraq or …
Online English classes revive ties severed by war in Syria
A group of Syrian teachers from opposition-held areas is bringing back their English language school online, recreating a community that was shattered by the country’s grueling civil war …
Syria: Assad cousin Makhlouf refuses government demand to resign from telecoms empire
Top Syria tycoon Rami Makhlouf on Sunday said the regime was piling pressure on him and threatening to arrest him and close his telecommunications empire unless he hands over profits. Makhlouf, a …
Syrian tycoon rejects government demand he step down from mobile operator
Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf said on Sunday that authorities had set a deadline for him to resign from top mobile operator Syriatel or they would revoke its licence but that he would not step down. In …