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The Israeli-Iranian war over Syria continues apace. If anything, it has escalated significantly in the last two months. This element of the Syrian conflict has lasted since at least 2013. Israeli strikes, which were once a rarity, have…

Russia’s imports of gasoline surged eight times in November compared to October, after the end of a four-month ban on refined oil product imports ended in October, according to data from Russia’s Federal Customs Service released on Monday.…

Tensions swelled in the Arab world 10 years ago in the name of “Arab Spring,” and the region has since undergone major changes, though many countries were still reeling from a heavy blow from the movement. After the wave of anti-government…

Syrians sift through a garbage dump near an oil field in the countryside of Malikiya in northeast Syria, on January 12, 2021. Credit: AFP Photo Plastic bottles, aluminium cans, clothes, sometimes spaghetti. When a tractor…

*The writer is acting rector of the International Hoca Ahmet Yesevi Turkish-Kazakh University. ISTANBUL Not much attention was paid to Syria in 2020 as many other issues like the COVID-19 pandemic, the US elections,…

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud holds a press conferece at the end of the 41st Gulf Cooperation Council summit, Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 5, 2021. Photo by Fayez Nureldine/AFP via Getty Images. ALEPPO, Syria…

BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:20 P.M.) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov confirmed that Russia will not engage in clashes with the United States in Syria, stressing that Moscow calls on the American side not to use force against sites…

A Russian Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jet is prepared for takeoff at the Russian military base of Hmeimim, Syria, on 26 September 2019. (Getty Images) Damascus, London – Asharq Al-Awsat Syrian and Israeli officials reportedly held a…

The European Council has added Faisal Mekdad to the list of persons subject to EU restrictive measures on Syria, following his recent appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs. This decision brings to 289 the total number of…

The map of the Arab Levant is a map of “arena,” one where countries’ territory is merely an amalgamation of battlefronts and conflicting axes: the Lebanese arena, the Syrian arena, the Iraqi arena, and, not far away, there are the Libyan…