Middle Orient

Captured documents reveal how Iran smuggles
weapons via Syria and Jordan

For years, Iran, its Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps and Qods Force, have beenoperating a network smuggling weapons and funds to its proxies in the Middle East, primarilyHezbollah and Hamas. Until the overthrow of the Assad regime in early December 2024, Syriawas the main smuggling route for arming Hezbollah with advanced …

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The Annihilation Of A Nation – OpEd

The bombardment of Gaza is relentless, indiscriminate and all encompassing, and whilst weak Western governments refuse to condemn Israel and cut all military aid the IDF (Israeli Defence Force) continues to slaughter Palestinian civilians and obliterate what remains of Gaza. Nobody and nowhere is off limits to Israel, even designated …

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Without Assad, Syria Will Fall Apart – OpEd

As President Bashar al-Assad flees Syria, neocons and Zionists celebrate throughout the world, while those who will truly suffer—the people of Syria—will be left to clean up the mess of American and Israeli ambitions. Despite the accusations against Bashar al-Assad, those who have replaced him are much worse—the Hay’at Tahir …

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Al-Jolani: The Transformed Jihadist? – Analysis

Ahmad Al Sharaa, the new leader of Syria and chief of the jihadist group Hayat Tahrir Al Sham (HTS),1 was earlier known as Abu Mohammad Al-Jolani, a second-in-command of Al-Qaeda in Iraq and a deputy chief of ISIS in 2013.2 Perhaps inspired by the story of Paul, who spiritually transformed …

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Syria Insight: Assad’s rampant corruption leads to his downfall

The Syrian Arab Army is no more, an institution built to fight Israel that eventually ate itself due to rampant corruption and ineptitude. Few analysts could have predicted the events that unfolded last week in Syria when a limited rebel offensive in Aleppo province led to the downfall of Bashar …

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Syria rebel leader dismisses controversy over photo with woman

Syria’s rebel leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has dismissed the online controversy over videos showing him gesturing to a young woman to cover her hair before he posed for a photo with her last week. The incident sparked criticism from both liberal and conservative commentators amid intense speculation about the county’s future …

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Iran’s Yemen Ally ‘Will Punish’ Israel for New Airstrikes

A source within the Yemeni faction of the Iran-led Axis of Resistance coalition at war with Israel over its conflict in Gaza has told Newsweek the group would intensify attacks after suffering a new series of Israeli air raids. Hours after the reporting the interception of a missile launched from …

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Islamic State Narrative on Recent Events in Syria: Analysis of al-Naba Issue 473

The Islamic State has utilised the recent collapse of the Assad regime in Syria and the rise of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) to intensify its ideological campaign. Through its latest issue of al-Naba (issue 473), released in recent days, the group has disseminated a narrative portraying these events as betrayals …

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Anarchy in the Levant: Your future dream is a chaos scheme

Tehran and Moscow harbor no illusions – and are preparing accordingly. The war on BRICS is just getting started. Syria as we knew it is being eviscerated in real time – in geographic, cultural, economic and military terms – by an appalling confluence of mercenary Rent-a-Jihadi mobs and psychopathological genocidals …

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L’anarchie au Levant : Votre rêve d’avenir est un plan de chaos

Téhéran et Moscou ne se font pas d’illusions et se préparent en conséquence. La guerre contre les BRICS ne fait que commencer. La Syrie telle que nous la connaissions est éviscérée en temps réel – en termes géographiques, culturels, économiques et militaires – par une effroyable confluence de troupes mercenaires …

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