Syria defies Russia in bid to keep Assad in power even as the two allies prepare an offensive to retake Aleppo. Putin Backs Assad, Says Russian Warplanes Could Redeploy to Syria in Hours Russian ...

Iraq's top security official met with embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday, to "put Assad in the picture of the latest developments in Iraq," the Syrian state news agency SANA ...

Mr Sharaa makes such history hard to forget. He once waged jihad against American occupiers in Iraq and spent five years in Iraqi prisons. In Shia-majority Iraq, where Iran, the Middle East’s leading ...

Analysts are divided over whether a complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from both Syria and Iraq will ultimately transpire ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Syria’s interim government announced on Wednesday that more than 400,000 Captagon pills were seized ...

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FILE PHOTO: Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa delivers a speech on the first anniversary of Bashar al-Assad's fall, in Damascus, Syria December 8, 2025. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo Jan 22 ...

With Iranian influence waning in Syria and Lebanon, Trump's middle east strategy sets its sights on Iraq. The country is not ...

Bashar al-Assad is living in Moscow under tight restrictions imposed by Russia nearly a year after fleeing Syria, with his movements limited and public appearances banned, according to multiple ...

Opposition within Shia coalition and US threats hinder Nouri al-Maliki’s path to becoming Iraq’s next prime minister.