As was the case in 2006 and 2010, perceptions of Iranian intransigence in the face of constructive Western overtures—which may well be forthcoming under the Biden administration—could lead to a hardening of Russia’s stance, which is ultimately underpinned by concerns of nonproliferation and the integrity of the P5+1 process. Almost …

US-backed SDF steals 140,000 barrels of crude oil every day, writes Al-Masdar. Militants of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is supported by Washington, stole 140,000 barrels of crude oil on a daily basis from oil fields in Syria’s northeastern province of Hassakeh, according to a report. Ghassan Halim Khalil, …

Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri has briefed a top Russian general about the situation in Suweida, according to Etihad Press. A high-ranking Russian general visited the village of Qanawat in Suweida and met with Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri. The purpose of the visit was to get acquainted with the situation in the governorate …

20 members of the Tarn family have been arrested by the SDF in Raqqa for unknown reasons, reports Al-Souria Net. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) arrested 20 people from the same family in the city of Raqqa, which is under its control, in a raid operation carried out at dawn …

Previously, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations pointed out that while almost every month Syria provides information about terrorists planning chemical weapons provocations, such data is not reflected in the OPCW documentation. Militants in Syria are planning to stage a chemical attack to blame the country’s authorities, Rear Adm. …

The Syrian army today shot down a group from the Islamic State terrorist organization (Daesh, in Arabic) in the desert of the central province of Homs. The operation was carried out with the support of Russian aerospace forces, whose reconnaissance planes detected a hideout where four terrorists were sheltering and …

Excerpts of the interview, Abuja-based Diplomacy Monitor, one of the titles of Education Monitor Newspaper, conducted with the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Nigeria, His Excellency, Mohammad Alibak, on the One year anniversary of the Assassination of Iranian General, Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in cold blood …

Yemen’s Ma’rib province in the past few days has become the central focus of the six-year war. As the Yemeni army and popular committees already consolidated their positions by winning more than a battle against the Saudi and resigned President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi’s loyalists and mercenaries, Ansarullah Movement is making …

Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General said that Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement will stand by the Islamic Republic of Iran to confront the United States. Speaking in an Arab-Islamic conference entitled “Alliance against Normalization of Ties with the Zionist Regime” on Sat., Sheikh Naim Qassem emphasized that Lebanon’s Hezbollah will stand by Iran …

Several rockets have hit a US military base in Iraq’s northern province of Salahuddin. Three suspected Katyusha rockets slammed the Iraqi airbase of Balad, which is currently home to US forces, in the southern parts of Salahuddin and north of the capital Baghdad on Saturday evening, the al-Mayadeen television news …