Middle Orient

Satellite imagery that The War Zone has obtained of Russia’s Khmeimim air base outpost in Syria shows work ongoing to extend one of its two main runways by around 1,000 feet. The extension would allow the base to support more regular deployments of larger and more heavily-laden aircraft, including heavy …

Moscow sent a substantial military convoy of equipment and weapons systems of the Russian Federation to the area of ​​the Syrian city of Ayn Issa, some Russian agencies report, including Aviapro. According to sources in the Russian news agency, it is a convoy of at least 16 vehicles, including armored …

The Iraqi prime minister has used Issawi’s killing to restore the public’s trust in the government and security forces, which had declined following two security setbacks in Baghdad and Saladin.

The news follows reports of suspected Israeli airstrikes against Iranian and Syrian military targets in the country in December and January. Suspected Israeli airstrikes hit southern Syria late Wednesday evening.

Officials in Tehran renewed calls for an end to the American military presence in neighboring Iraq as a response to the US killing of Iran’s top commander Qasem Soleimani. Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the ouster of American forces from neighboring Iraq would be “the best response” to …

Human Rights Watch documented the transfer of at least 63 Syrians to Turkey for prosecution on charges including membership in a terrorist group. Turkey and its proxy forces in Syria have arrested and forcibly transferred dozens of Syrians to Turkey to face trial under the “most dubious and vaguest of …

Dix ans après l’immolation qui a enflammé la Tunisie, de nombreux pays arabes sont toujours K.-O. L’euphorie de l’hiver 2011 n’a abouti ni à une démocratie libérale ni à une théocratie islamiste, mais à un chaos politique et à un désastre économique dont Israël est le principal vainqueur.

A batch of officers and other military personnel have been demobilized by the Ministry of Defense, reports Al-Watan. On Monday, the Ministry of Defense started implementing a decision to dismiss a batch of reserve officers, class officers, and reserve personnel.

No human casualties despite heavy shelling by Syrian government forces against opposition groups in northwestern Syria, writes North Press. Syrian government forces shelled posts of opposition groups in Idleb, northwestern Syria, on Thursday.

Violent clashes have broken out near Hama between the Syrian Arab Army and ISIS, according to Al-Masdar. The eastern countryside of Hama witnessed, at dawn on Wednesday, February 3, violent clashes between units of the Syrian Arab Army and cells affiliated with the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organization.