Bitter rift in Assad family. Bashar vs tycoon cousin Makhlouf
Syria’s finance minister on Tuesday, May 19, ordered the seizure of assets belonging to Rami Makhlouf, President Assad’s billionaire cousin
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Israel quietly warns Beirut: Powerful response would greet an attack on Golan or Galilee
Jerusalem conveyed tough back-channel warnings to Beirut on Monday, Aug. 26, that any attacks on the Golan or Galilee would
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Iran-Syria rift: Tehran calls on Assad to explain his contacts with “Iran’s enemies”
Exclusive: An Iranian diplomat made a sudden appearance in Damascus on Monday, July 16, demanding that the Syrian ruler Bashar
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Trump recognizes Golan to counter Iran’s first steps for annexing Lebanon to Syria
US President Donald Trump’s declared recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan on Thursday, March 21, had a time-sensitive object,
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Assad in Tehran: Soleimani’s goons snatched him to swear allegiance to Khamenei. Putin retaliates
Al Qods Brigades, the Iranian Rev Guards’ external wing, “brought” Syrian ruler Bashar Assad to Tehran on Feb. 27, for
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Zarif bows out amid desperate regime bid to save Iran’s economy from meltdown
Mohammad Javad Zarif, the driving force behind Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with Barack Obama, quits amid the regime’s struggle to
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Trump phases Arab forces into Syria vs Iran ahead of US pullout. Egyptian/UAE officers on the scene
When Sen. Lindsay Graham said Monday, Dec. 31: “I think we are slowing things [exit from Syria] down in a
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Scrap over Manbij opens door for Russia and Assad’s troops to take control of NE. Syria
One of Bashar Assad’s best weeks in years – and one of Tayyip Erdogan’s worst – peaked on Friday, Dec.
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Iran demands guaranteed Russian/Syrian backing against US-Israeli offensive in Syria
Iran’s Defense Minister Amir Hatami arrived in Damascus on Sunday, Aug. 26 demanding Russian and Syrian commitments to stand foursquare
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Israeli, Russian defense chiefs to meet Thursday in Moscow. Netanyahu: Iran must leave ALL Syria
PM Netanyahu said on May 28 Iran must quit all parts of Syria, qualifying Lavrov’s comment that only Syrian forces
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