The specter of an uncontrolled jihadist resurgence is just one of the potential challenges facing Syria as the new government ...

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Iran acquiring Russian Su-35 fighter jets would mark a major upgrade of its air force without changing the regional balance of power, analysts believe. A senior Iranian military official told ...

"The fact that major security sector reform in respect to the Popular Mobilization Forces is being conducted at this time is representative of Iran's weakened role in the country and an imperative ...

These reforms allow Russians and Iranians to use their respective bank cards in either country’s ATMs. As Russian Mir credit cards have been approved for use in Iran, allowing Iranian Shetab card use ...

Washington’s standing in the Middle East has never been so low as its complicity in Israel’s belligerence escaped neither its foes nor friends. U.S. sway with Arab governments and people has ...

DAVOS, Switzerland — Iranian Vice President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday sought to distance Iran from the ... took out much of the country’s air defense capabilities ...

On the contrary, the tile-focusing method was easier to weaponize, although it was much more difficult to shape into the complex space curve ... of Iranians seem to support the idea that the country ...

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(Beirut) – Two ethnic Kurdish women, Pakhshan Azizi and Warisha Moradi, face possible imminent execution in Iran, Human Rights Watch said today. “Iranian authorities are using the death ...

This analysis is key to understanding the dynamics that have shaped and will continue to shape the relationship between the two countries ... The doctrine of "resistance" has become a central pillar ...

Shortly after Midnight on Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he was firing Brian Hook, the head of the Wilson Center for Scholars and a prominent Iran hawk. Hook had ...