Its strategic location on the Mediterranean has long drawn interest from, and encouraged meddling by, foreign powers. Our seven maps ... 2005. Syria also forged alliances with Iran and its network ...

as Iran, which has been using Syria as a sort of central command base, given its strategic location suitable for Tehran, also needs to assess the implications of Assad's ouster. Syria provided a ...

The agreement is focused more on trade than military issues, but it will bring two countries with a shared desire to ...

Through its assertive Neo-Ottomanist policies Ankara aims to become the primary architect of Syria’s future while countering rival powers like Iran and Russia.

No country has as much to gain from a stable Syria as Turkey, and few have as much to lose if it implodes. Turkey is home to ...

While the fall of the Assad dynasty represents an epochal turning point for Syrians, the future remains in all senses ...

The raid was aimed at an underground precision-guided missile facility, codenamed “Deep Layer,” managed by Iran ... location also had the second-highest concentration of air defense systems in ...

Iranian cargo ships allegedly carrying chemicals to make missile propellent are setting sail from China to deliver the ...

Earlier, they passed over Syria on their way to Iran and ... and can be constructed in a variety of locations. So if Israel launches strikes Iran would theoretically be able to rebuild and place ...

DUBAI, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Iran unveiled an underground naval missile base at an undisclosed Gulf location on Saturday ... ago Energycategory EU may suspend Syria sanctions on energy and transport ...

With the ranks of Palestinian group Hamas and Lebanon's Hezbollah decimated after more than a year of war, and with the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria removing a key link in Iran's anti-Israel ...

“And Iran didn’t protect Hezbollah either. And neither of them protected [Syria’s Bashar al-] Assad ... And in many cases, Israel’s capabilities, location, and derring-do means ...