About 400 Afghan fighters have been killed in Syria since the beginning of the Syrian civil war. .   ... He said Syrian and Iranian officials had examined ways of repairing the damages caused by the Syrian civil war. ..…

With Yemen's Iran-backed Rebels With The Goal Of Ending The Country's Civil War, A Saudi Official Said Wednesday, Weeks After The Rebels Offered To Halt Attacks On The Kingdom.. ..…

Done right, U.S. intervention in the Syrian civil war might have offered the possibility of a strategic defeat of Iran. If the United States acted to tip the balance of power in the civil war, Iran would have been weakened by the collapse of Bashar..…

It is now the strongest sign of the regional war, which was scripted as an Persian-Arab war. This attack turned the Yemen war into a Saudi Arabia war. The civil war in Yemen was already a Saudi-Iran war but now the truth is out in the open. . ..…

The raid came days after Houthis offered to halt drone and missile attacks on Saudi Arabia as part of efforts to end Yemen's ongoing civil war.. The United States and Saudi Arabia, however, blamed Iran, saying the strikes were carried out with advanced cruise missiles and..…

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Iran denied involvement in the attack. Yemen’s Houthi movement, an Iran-aligned group fighting a Saudi-led alliance in Yemen’s civil war, has claimed responsibility. . ..…

Iranian attacks on Saudi Arabia and despite Iranian denials there's no doubt Iran is behind them require Americans to acknowledge that one important part of the in Middle East is in centuries old Muslim civil war.. The competition between the two Muslim powers in Middle East Iran..…

Speaking to reporters Zarif said that the US had engaged in war against Iranian nation.. TEHRAN - Head of Iran's Civil Defense Organization Brigadier General Gholamreza Jalali said on Friday that the US is not adding that Washington is even unable to detain Iranian-flagged oil..…

Israel has acknowledged that it has attacked hundreds of Iranian installations inside of neighboring Syria, where Iranian forces are entrenched, supporting Syrian President Bashar Assad in the ongoing civil war. Israel has publicly stated that they will not allow Iran — which the..…

Hezbollah has also played a key role in the civil war, acting as Iran’s elite forces and training other pro-regime militias. ... Yemen has been gripped by civil war since 2015, a situation for which Iran is directly responsible. ..…

Former Iran president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denied he is an anti-Semite, called for the United States and the Islamic Republic to resolve their conflict through dialogue, and criticized Iran’s involvement in the Syrian civil war, in an interview with this reporter published Monday...…

it was not Iran that invaded Afghanistan and Iraq, overthrew Gadhafi Libya, armed rebels to overthrow Assad Syria, or aided and abetted Saudis Yemen's civil war.. And as Iran suffers pain, it's saying, other nations in Gulf will endure pain, as will USA. ..…

it was not Iran that invaded Afghanistan and Iraq, overthrew Gadhafi Libya, armed rebels to overthrow Assad Syria, or aided and abetted Saudis Yemen's civil war.. And as Iran suffers pain, it's saying, other nations in Gulf will endure pain, as will USA. ..…

It helped to introduce and popularize the tactic of suicide bombings in Lebanon in the 1980s, developed a strong guerrilla force and a political apparatus in the 1990s, provoked a war with Israel in 2006, intervened in the Syrian civil war after 2011 at Iran’s direction,..…

., Saudi Arabia, and other countries with perceived interests in the region have all supported militant groups in Syrian Civil War. handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on May 14, 2019, shows Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani..…

Turkey regards Iran as a cultural and economic partner. Russia was a de facto ally in Syria’s civil war. ... India just hosted Iran’s foreign minister. . So, again, Cicero’s question: “Cui bono?” ..…

“Iran’s nuclear program and Syria’s civil war may seem unconnected, but they are. For Israeli leaders, the real threat from a nuclear-armed Iran is not the prospect of an insane Iranian leader launching an unprovoked Iranian nuclear attack on Israel that would lead to..…

And it wouldn’t be any less dangerous if the hawks in Washington succeeded in destabilizing Iran and the country fell into civil war. Iran has over 80 million inhabitants, a population about four times the size of Syria’s before the civil war. . ..…

If the US and its regional allies have not managed to destabilize Iran, it hasn’t been for lack of trying. They even instigated civil war in Syria to bring Iran to its knees and failed. ..…

Carson's book begins in the 1930s, with Spanish Civil War, and ends in the early 2000s, with Iran's covert supply of weapons to Shiite militias during American of Iraq. ..…

They also argued that US involvement in Yemen violated the constitutional requirement that Congress, not the president, should determine when the country goes to war. . The four-year-long civil war in Yemen, which pits the Saudi-led coalition against Houthi rebels backed by..…

So dreadful has become the five-year Yemeni civil war between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and the Saudi-backed regime they ousted that the U.S. ..…

See also Joel Gehrke, Pompeo rebukes senators who voted to end U.S Yemen civil war., Washington Examiner, March 2019.Hide Footnote Given the prominence of Iran hawks John Bolton and Mike Pompeo in White House and at State Department, it's not clear. ..…

Special envoy James Jeffrey has been working with the United Nations to negotiate a political settlement to end the Syrian civil war. That effort has been complicated by international jockeying for leverage, as Russia and Iran intervened with airpower and ground forces to stabilize..…

Today the Golan Heights remains an critically important region for Israel’s security amid the Syrian civil war. Iran, which has deepened its presence in Syria during the war, and its terror proxies such as Hezbollah poses a serious threat to Israel from Syria. . ..…

In addition, Tehran supports the actions of Shiite Houthis in Yemen, which, as the report says, aggravates the civil war in Yemen and threatens Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Iran's ultimate goal is to create an arc of influence, or the Shiite crescent, across the entire Middle East. . ..…

According to Jerusalem Post Middle East Seth Frantzman, the protests are, in part, response to the recent of popular hero from Iraqi Civil War, Lt. ... Popular Mobilization Units, organization funded by Iraqi government, is comprised of about Shiite militias that were either created by,..…

While the U.S. news media was doing everything possible to convince the U.S. public that chaos, anarchy, and civil war reigned in Iran, there was every indication that the situation in fact was being rapidly normalized. ..…

Iranian military advisers have long been in Syria, providing combat advice to Syrian government forces fighting a war against foreign-backed militants. . . . Iran's Civil Aviation Organization dismisses media reports about Germany's decision to ban flights in and out of the country..…

In December, Russia, Iran and Turkey – supporters of the main sides in Syria’s complex civil war – failed to agree on the makeup of a UN-sponsored Syrian Constitutional Committee but called for it to convene early next year to kick off a viable peace process. . ..…

However, circumstances have since changed and Iran’s hand in the civil war in Yemen and its attempt to project power on the Arabian Peninsula can no longer be denied. . ... Iran’s increased meddling in the civil war in Yemen suggests that Tehran is..…

The Pentagon provides intelligence, logistical support, and until last week aerial refueling to Saudi Arabian war planes bombing Iran-backed Houthi rebels as part of the three-year-old civil war, which the United Nations has deemed one of the world’s worst humanitarian..…

Most recently, Riyadh backed Nusra Front — al-Qaida affiliate ensconced in Syrian civil war.. Furthermore, Saudis irrational hatred of Iran has kicked off war and arms race in Persian Gulf — and that's where those $110 in weapons will be funneled. ..…

Has Iran been occupying Afghanistan for 17 years? Did Iran bring chaos to Libya? Did Iran fund the civil war in Syria and send weapons there? Pompeo, and all the other pro Israel folks in the US foreign “policy” establishment, ought to look in the mirror! ..…

Instead of aiding Christians it was turned into a bill that would set up a never-ending commission to blame Russia and Iran for the civil war in Syria which was actually financed by Saudi Arabia and the U.S. . ..…

And let us remember that despite the magnitude of the Second World War (or Great Patriotic War for the USSR), when it would be logical to label this as the war to end all wars as the First World War was labeled, since 1945 there have been the Indochina War (400,000 dead), the Greek Civil War (160,000), the..…

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Iran’s involvement in Syria’s civil war did not grow simply out of its strategic interests in the region. ... But Syria is important to Iran for messianic reasons because according to Shi’ite traditions, the Mahdi’s reincarnation is associated with a bloody..…

In other words, he is someone with humanitarian affairs who is responsible for key part of massive relief operation that is keeping Syrian civilians in the midst of civil war.. The others include Somalia, Chad, Iran, North Korea and some Venezuelans. ..…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed Russia defense minister, Sergei Shoigu, to Istanbul Sunday to discuss preparations for Syrian civil war “peace talks” also involving Iran and Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. . ... Anadolu notes that Turkey will be part of..…

The number of fatalities underlines Iran's increasing military footprint on the front lines of Syrian civil war.. ..…

Following the eruption of the Arab Spring, the civil war in Syria brought both sides into open confrontation, with the conflict becoming a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran. . ... Moreover, Saudi Arabia intended to exclude Iran from playing an active role in the..…

The deployment of Iranian troops and Hezbollah fighters is expected to dramatically escalate Iran’s involvement in Syria’s civil war. . ..…

Under pressure from al-Sadr, and Iraq’s Shiite community, al-Maliki might ultimately drop his alliance with the US and side with Iran. . . How Syria’s Civil War Could Become a War Within Islam . Western powers assume that the Middle East operates according to national borders..…

Al-Sadr's followers waged some of the most brutal attacks against U.S. forces during the Iraqi civil war and have close ties to Iran. ..…