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Syed Ata Hasnain | Will Syrian implosion spur a fresh Iran Mideast drive?
1 week, 1 day ago

Syed Ata Hasnain | Will Syrian implosion spur a fresh Iran Mideast drive?

Deccan Chronicle  

For a fairly long time, the world appeared to be fixated on the understanding that Iran and Syria acted as almost one nation in the pursuit of strategic security and foreign policy. As one of the main supporters of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, the ayatollahs of Iran secured considerable strategic advantage through the territory of the Levant under Syria’s control. …

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Blinken makes unannounced Iraq visit to discuss Syria's future and regional security post-Assad
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1 week, 4 days ago

Blinken makes unannounced Iraq visit to discuss Syria's future and regional security post-Assad

Firstpost  

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Friday to meet Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani for talks on the future of neighboring Syria US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani in New York City, US, on September 23, 2024. Reuters File US Secretary of State Antony Blinken …

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At Syria’s border with Lebanon, refugees return home while others flee fearing the worst
1 week, 6 days ago

At Syria’s border with Lebanon, refugees return home while others flee fearing the worst

CNN  

Masnaa, Lebanon’s border with Syria CNN — Nadia’s eyes were full of tears as she crossed the border from Syria to Lebanon. “My sons were all born here, in Lebanon, this is their first time going to Syria,” Mohammed said, pointing at four little boys sitting next to each other inside the busy border building. Officials told him that while …

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Bhopinder Singh | The collapse of Assad’s Syria to have sectarian consequences
2 weeks ago

Bhopinder Singh | The collapse of Assad’s Syria to have sectarian consequences

Deccan Chronicle  

Way back in 2004, King Abdullah of Jordan had coined a controversial and loaded term called the “Shia Crescent”, that indicated land and territory from Shia-dominated Iran running across the Iraqi-Syrian swathes up to the southern coast of Lebanon. Since the time Israel launched the relentless bludgeoning of the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon, the Sunni Arab leadership has played …

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How Syria has become a pawn in global power play
2 weeks, 1 day ago

How Syria has become a pawn in global power play

Firstpost  

The shifting geopolitics due to the Iran-Israel conflict, the Russia-Ukraine war, and alleged support from Turkey helped Syrian rebels to succeed in their game plan; the future of Syria now remains uncertain and dependent on the interests of the regional powers With the fall of Damascus, the supposedly inalterable authoritarian Bashar al-Assad regime came to an end. The fall of …

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The House of Assad has finally fallen – but chaotic Syria could still be torn apart
2 weeks, 1 day ago

The House of Assad has finally fallen – but chaotic Syria could still be torn apart

The Independent  

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How the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria will affect the Middle East and Russia
2 weeks, 3 days ago

How the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria will affect the Middle East and Russia

ABC  

The Middle East has changed dramatically in just eight days. Whether the regime of Syria's leader Bashar al-Assad is finished or just seriously wounded, he is now a leader with little authority. The outside forces that could have fended off any attack on the regime — Russia, Iran and Hezbollah — have all been seriously distracted. That was the thinking …

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The world’s most unlikely safe haven
1 month, 2 weeks ago

The world’s most unlikely safe haven

Live Mint  

To grasp how bad things are in Lebanon, consider that Syria—where war and tyranny created the world’s largest refugee crisis—now seems like a safe haven. The rest are almost all Lebanese Shia who hope Syria’s leader, who himself belongs to a splinter Shia sect, the Alawites, will be more welcoming than Lebanon’s rival sects. EU policymakers, who had feared Israel’s …

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IRGC | Guardians of the revolution
8 months, 1 week ago

IRGC | Guardians of the revolution

The Hindu  

Gen. Mohammed Reza Zahedi was one of the top commanders of the Quds Force, the overseas arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. A veteran of the Iran-Iraq war and a former confidant of Qassem Soleimani, the Quds Force chief who was assassinated by the U.S. in Baghdad in January 2020, Gen. Zahedi was in charge of the IRGC’s operations …

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IRGC warns Israel attacks ‘won’t go unanswered’ as Iran marks Al-Quds Day
8 months, 2 weeks ago

IRGC warns Israel attacks ‘won’t go unanswered’ as Iran marks Al-Quds Day

Al Jazeera  

Representatives of Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’ and political and religious leaders participated in Al-Quds Day amid Gaza war. “The Zionists and their American backers believe that the more they kill Muslims and besiege and displace them, the better their lives will be, but the reality is the exact opposite.” State television showed top government, judiciary and military officials, including President …

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Iran may be striking out at nations around it – but it will be wary of wider war in the Middle East
11 months, 1 week ago

Iran may be striking out at nations around it – but it will be wary of wider war in the Middle East

The Independent  

Direct military actions by Iran outside its border are rare, despite often aggressive rhetoric to the contrary: this is because Tehran has built up a chain of proxy militias across the Middle East that can fight on its behalf when necessary. However, the attack in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region, said the Iranians, targeted an “Israeli espionage headquarters” based near the …

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Terror in Iran: On the blasts in Iran’s Kerman and the impact
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Terror in Iran: On the blasts in Iran’s Kerman and the impact

The Hindu  

The twin blasts in the southeastern Iranian city of Kerman at a memorial for Qassem Soleimani, the Quds Force commander whom the U.S. assassinated in Baghdad in January 2020, expose the security vulnerabilities of the Iranian regime at a time when conflicts are spreading in West Asia. Soleimani, the brain behind the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ overseas operations, had enjoyed …

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What is Hizbullah?
1 year ago

What is Hizbullah?

Live Mint  

ISRAEL IS AMASSING troops at its border with the Gaza Strip ahead of an expected ground invasion. Hizbullah, an Iran-backed Shia militant group based in Lebanon, has exchanged fire with Israel. In 1982 Iran began training young Shia militants to harass the Israeli soldiers then occupying southern Lebanon and to fight for the Shia cause in the civil war. When …

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Failing to reintegrate Iraq’s Sunni rebels could prove costly
1 year, 1 month ago

Failing to reintegrate Iraq’s Sunni rebels could prove costly

Hindustan Times  

For two decades the war on terrorism preoccupied Western policymakers in the Middle East. “Without a sustainable return, there’s an increased tendency for displaced people to be pushed back into IS’s extremist narrative.” The UN is handing over responsibility for them and their families to Iraq’s Shia-led regime and its allied militias, who have a history of wreaking revenge on …

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Syria: At least 6 killed, multiple injured in explosion near Shia shrine
1 year, 4 months ago

Syria: At least 6 killed, multiple injured in explosion near Shia shrine

Op India  

An explosion in a district to the south of Damascus in Syria resulted in at least six fatalities and 46 injuries on 27 July. Four casualties were reported so far pic.twitter.com/E3dUImJRg4 — DD Geopolitics July 27, 2023 Sayeda Zeinab was the granddaughter of Prophet Mohammed and the daughter of Imam Ali, a founding figure of Shia Islam. The deadly blast …

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Why is Hannibal Gaddafi on hunger strike in a Lebanese prison?
1 year, 6 months ago

Why is Hannibal Gaddafi on hunger strike in a Lebanese prison?

Al Jazeera  

The son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is protesting his eight-year-long detention without trial. In the midst of his kidnapping, Hannibal appeared in a video broadcast on Lebanon’s Al Jadeed television channel on December 11, 2015, with two black eyes and a bruised nose, said he was in “good health” and urged those with evidence about al-Sadr’s disappearance to …

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Lebanon’s political impasse continues despite Iran-Saudi deal
1 year, 8 months ago

Lebanon’s political impasse continues despite Iran-Saudi deal

Al Jazeera  

The Saudi-Iran rapprochement has yet to reflect on Lebanon’s political deadlock, as fierce opposition to Hezbollah’s ‘Iran candidate’ continues. “Unlike in Yemen, the Saudi-Iran deal will not reflect on Lebanon’s political reality in the foreseeable future, except in terms of preventing further escalations among local allies,” Lebanese Environment Minister Nasser Yassin told Al Jazeera. Mousavi rejected the possibility that the …

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Saeed Naqvi | As Beijing tries to broker peace deals, US firms up its alliances
1 year, 8 months ago

Saeed Naqvi | As Beijing tries to broker peace deals, US firms up its alliances

Deccan Chronicle  

As the world sat up at the Iran-Saudi rapprochement mediated by China, signals became visible of quiet, low-key efforts at repairing other parts of West Asia’s frayed tapestry. Around the same time, a group of Muslim militants calling themselves “Akhwan”, a sort of double distilled variant of Akhwan ul-Muslimeen, occupied Islam’s holiest mosque in Mecca, asking the House of Saud …

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Why the Syrian drone strikes and US retaliation may yet be a big deal
1 year, 9 months ago

Why the Syrian drone strikes and US retaliation may yet be a big deal

CNN  

CNN — The US has conducted an airstrike in Syria against what it said were Iranian-affiliated facilities after a suspected Iranian drone struck a facility housing US personnel in the country, killing an American contractor and wounding five US service members. Talks underway to release four American citizens illegally held in Iran are closing in on completion, according to a …

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Rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran restore ties, with China's help. Here's why it matters
1 year, 9 months ago

Rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran restore ties, with China's help. Here's why it matters

NPR  

Rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran restore ties, with China's help. Here's why it matters Enlarge this image toggle caption Nournews via AP Nournews via AP Regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran announced on Friday they are restoring full diplomatic relations in a deal brokered by China, a move that could reduce tensions in the region and asserts China's growing influence …

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Najib Mikati | The billionaire Prime Minister
3 years, 2 months ago

Najib Mikati | The billionaire Prime Minister

The Hindu  

On October 14, Hezbollah, the powerful Shia political party-cum-militia, took out a demonstration in the Lebanese capital against the judge leading the probe into the August 2020 Beirut blast. The country had plunged into a political crisis after Prime Minister Hassan Diab announced his resignation in August last year following the blast. Deep connections Mr. Mikati, a self-made billionaire, was …

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ISIL committed genocide against Yazidis: UN investigation
3 years, 7 months ago

ISIL committed genocide against Yazidis: UN investigation

Al Jazeera  

A United Nations team investigating atrocities in Iraq found “clear and compelling evidence” that ISIL “committed” genocide against the Yazidi minority in 2014, its head has said, adding that the armed group successfully developed chemical weapons and used mustard gas. He said “significant developments” in collecting forensic evidence from mass grave sites, digital data extracted from hard drives that belonged …

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Biden bombs Syria, says it was in ‘self-defence’
3 years, 8 months ago

Biden bombs Syria, says it was in ‘self-defence’

The Hindu  

Washingtonsettles in, signs are that it intends to carry on with most of the policies that were pursued by the Donald Trump administration in West Asia. Biden’s first attack On February 25, Biden ordered a U.S. military strike in eastern Syria in clear violation of international law, signalling a continuation of the Trump administration’s militaristic policies in the region. Claims …

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‘Constant fear’: Iraq and Syria face ISIL resurgence
3 years, 9 months ago

‘Constant fear’: Iraq and Syria face ISIL resurgence

Al Jazeera  

ISIL’s ‘caliphate’ was destroyed in March 2019 but its ideology and socioeconomic fault lines that gave birth to it are still intact in the region. I know that these areas are far from my town, but we are near the desert and ISIL is everywhere in the Iraq-Syria desert.” Never left ISIL’s physical “caliphate” was destroyed with the battle of …

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