سوریه

The Russian leader defied expectations of a quixotic, costly outcome for his country’s 2015 intervention in Syria. As it actually played out, explains Anna Borshchevskaya in her recently published book, Russia leveraged the conflict and U.S. inaction to position itself as a leading power in the Middle East.

The recent attack on al-Tanf base and the identity of the Iraqi factions that reportedly helped carry it out indicate Iran's plans to establish a new "deterrence equation" in Syria.

Iran-backed resistance groups are seemingly staging missile "discoveries" as a way of warning off coalition air forces.

اشتباهات منطقه‌ای و پسرفت‌هایی که پیشینه آن به دوران کارتر برمی‌گردد سبب نشده که کشورها اعتمادشان به ایالات متحده را از دست بدهند و نتیجه بحران کابل هم در نهایت تاثیری نخواهد داشت.

The international community stepped up to the ISIS challenge but has failed miserably to address the multifaceted problems presented by Assad, whose regime has worked with the terrorist group on and off for years.

The SDF has made remarkable progress in its anti-IS operations while Assad’s forces have stagnated, but the coalition and its local partners must still prepare for a renewed terrorist threat on their exposed southern flank.

Although Biden may not see Russia as his top priority, Moscow’s proxy military activities in the Mediterranean are directly aimed at diluting Washington’s leverage in the Middle East, Africa, and Europe.

روسیه و ایران در استقرار مجدد نیروهای نظامی و نیابتی خود، تقویت کمپین‌های سیاسی اسد، و توسل به انواع تاکتیک‌های ارعاب مردم محلی، برای کسب کنترل کامل در دیرالزور به شکل فزاینده‌ای همکاری می‌کنند.

رابطه بین خانواده اسد و روحانیان شیعه ایران در دهه ۱۹۷۰ آغاز شد. اما در سال‌های پیش از انقلاب، رهبر سوریه دست بالا را در این رابطه داشت و امروز اوضاع بر عکس شده ‌است.