Washington ceded much of its negotiating power in the country to Moscow and Ankara, only to reverse course a few months later and keep a small allotment of troops in northeast Syria to prevent ...
HIRRI, Syria — Mohammad Khalawi explains the devastation ... that Khalawi watched thousands of soldiers and pro-Iran fighters flee into Iraq and cede their positions to Kurdish militiamen ...
North Korea has since sent thousands of soldiers to fight against Ukrainian troops ... hostage. Syria’s Bashar Assad regime, long funded by tens of billions of dollars from Iran, has also ...
Scattered throughout the Middle East, mainly in Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran, the Kurds are the largest ... which maintains a force of about 2,000 troops there and in southern Syria.
The push comes with a backdrop of seismic shifts in the Middle East that have seen Iran's armed allies in Gaza and Lebanon heavily degraded and Syria's ... and on U.S. troops in the country ...
The toppling of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria at the hands of a coalition ... that ultimately put an end to the Russia- and Iran-backed Syrian regime was reminiscent of the quick takeover ...
Trump has not spoken publicly about his intentions, including his plans for some 2,000 U.S. troops stationed ... group straddling Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Armenia and Syria, Kurds had been among ...
In the days following the fall of Assad, Russian troops and vehicles were seen evacuating their bases in Syria en masse, with reports that Russia was moving assets elsewhere in the Middle East, ...
Russia’s ties with Iran have grown closer after Putin sent troops into Ukraine in February ... to shore up Bashar Assad’s government during Syria’s civil war, but failed to prevent his ...
Mr Sharaa is keen on getting support from all sides. Saudi Arabia is already sending aid and has offered to replace Iran as Syria’s main oil supplier. It can far outspend Turkey in rebuilding ...