But after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran, sparking a regional war, Bahrain and neighboring Gulf countries found themselves ...

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Syria’s new government is leveraging its neutrality in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran to present itself as a safe corridor for oil and trade, bypassing the closed Strait of Hormuz. Damascus has ...

The IDF released body-camera footage Friday from a rare face-to-face gun battle in southern Syria, where troops from the 55th Brigade were fired on while arresting members of al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya, a ...

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (left) meets with Syrian President Ahmed al Sharaa on April 5. (SANA) On April 9, Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Asaad Hassan al Shaibani ...

Damascus offers Baniyas port as an alternative to Hormuz oil route, as official says there's no interest in allying with ...