Middle Orient

Bashar al Assad has assigned Maj. General Abdulsalam Mahmoud, deputy director of the Air Force Intelligence Department, to handle the security portfolio in southern Syria.

The Israeli spy Eli Cohen was not the only agent who succeeded in penetrating Syria’s regime in 1960s. Repeatedly, Mossad operations were able to infiltrate high-profile branches of the regime including the ministry of defense and important military units and security systems, which were concealed by Bashar al-Assad in fear …

The fragile ties between Damascus and the Kurdish-led autonomous administration in northern Syria have seen a dangerous escalation amid widespread anticipation that US support for the Syrian Kurds will grow after the change of guard at the White House. The two sides have sought to besiege one another in several …

Hasaka, SANA-Infighting among the Turkish occupation mercenaries renewed as clashes erupted on Saturday among them in Ras al-Ayn city in Hasaka western countryside.

Since the 2010s, ISIS soldiers have swept into the Arab world brandishing Sharia law in one hand and a Kalashnikov in the other. The vision of establishing a large and long-lasting Islamic regime however did not succeed in either Iraq or Syria, and the jihadists were chased from most areas …

Authorities declare cemetery near Palestinian refugee camp a closed military zone, according to unverified report in Syrian media The Russian military began searches in a cemetery near a Palestinian refugee camp outside Damascus, in attempts to locate remains of two Israeli soldiers missing since 1982, Syrian media reported this week.

The Islamic State (IS) group has launched more than 100 attacks in north-eastern Syria over the last month alone and is terrorising many towns and villages at night. The violence is concentrated in the largely desert province of Deir al-Zour.

Residents in northern and western Iraq say ISIS extremists and the Iran-backed paramilitaries stand to gain most from Washington’s troop reduction.

Emirati sources: Netanyahu’s delay due to COVID-19 understandable but a diplomatic visit now would have been wise For the third time, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has postponed his first visit to the United Arab Emirates, in what would have been a milestone event after the normalization agreement between Israel and …

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: The US wants to eventually enter a new nuclear deal, Israel wants to avoid this, and Tehran is rushing to defy the old deal as much as possible. Looking at recent statements coming from Israel and the US, it seems as if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US …