The Economist23h
A short history of Syria, in maps
In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...
Iran Was ‘Defeated Very Badly’ in Syria, a Top General Admits
For weeks, Iranian officials have downplayed the fall of their ally in Syria. But an important general has offered a ...
AOL1mon
Syria in maps: Where have anti-Assad rebels taken control?
It borders Turkey to the north, Lebanon and Israel to the west and southwest, Iraq to the east ... concerned by what it calls Iran's "military entrenchment" in Syria, has launched air strikes ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs1mon
Could the unrest in Syria spillover into Iraq? Iran seems to think so - analysis
It has reasons to believe this, because when ISIS was on the rise in Syria, it rapidly took over a swath of Iraq – leading to a genocide of the minority Yazidis. In addition, Iran’s Foreign ...
Al Jazeera English26d
The Iran-led axis of resistance in the aftermath of Syria’s upheaval
Tehran, Iran – For decades ... The alliance has included armed entities and government actors in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen, along with Palestinian groups. With the fall of Bashar al ...