Turkish Military Operation in Syria Risks Clash with Iran
The Turkish Government’s plan to launch a fifth military operation into Syria is back on the table. The stated goal is to create a 20-mile “safe zone” along Turkey’s border…
The Turkish Government’s plan to launch a fifth military operation into Syria is back on the table. The stated goal is to create a 20-mile “safe zone” along Turkey’s border…
IRGC owned airlines have long shuttled men and material between airports in Tehran or the nearby city of Karaj and both Damascus and Beirut. ...
The Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan after 20 years of waging an insurgency has raised a debate about how extremist movements in other regions would react. The accompanying article…
A Russia-backed plan to both limit Iranian influence and extinguish the embers of rebellion is underway in Daraa Province, the symbolic cradle of Syria’s 2011 uprising. Rebel holdouts in the…
As the accompanying passage from a respected Middle East expert featured on Turkish online news portal Gazete Duvar convincingly argues, the winds are shifting in favor of Syria in the…
As the accompanying article from the South African security think tank the Institute for Security Studies notes, the use of drones by African violent non-state actors has received little media…
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Syrian group formerly known as the Nusra Front that currently controls most of Idlib Province, publicly celebrated the Taliban’s recent rise to power. For the…
The accompanying excerpted article from Voyennaya Mysl, the monthly journal of the Russian General Staff, features an article coauthored by General Aleksandr Dvornikov, Commander of the Southern Military District, about…
In mid-July, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Syria in what was the highest-level Chinese government visit since the start of the Syrian conflict, timed to coincide with the swearing-in…
The accompanying passages from Kurdish, Turkish, and independent sources provide insight into a new military base that Iran is building in Syria. The base, reportedly located in Syria’s Aleppo province,…