Middle Orient

Former senior defense officials express support for Biden’s position not to lift Iran sanctions unless it returns to 2015 deal A group of former top officials from Israel’s Atomic Energy Commission, the IDF and the Mossad sent a letter on Monday to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressing support for a …

Russia has made territorial gains against the SDF, recapturing areas near Ayn Issa in northeastern Syria, writes Asharq Al-Awsat. On Monday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that it documented the killing of three members of the Suleiman Shah faction, loyal to Turkey, in addition to the wounding of …

A commission has called for an appropriate and legal mechanism to allow people to deal in foreign currencies, according to Enab Baladi. The Syrian Commission on Financial Markets and Securities has demanded to amend the decree on criminalizing those who deal in dollars in the areas controlled by the Syrian …

Opposition militia HTS has denied the opening of a so-called “corridor” for residents of Idleb to return to government-held regions, writes Zaman Al-Wasl. On Monday, Taqi al-Din Omar, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s (HTS) media relations manager, denied to Zaman Al-Wasl the recent allegations that the Bashar al-Assad regime has been propagating …

After a spike in violence between the government and opposition forces, northwest Syria has experienced a brief respite, reports North Press. The de-escalation zone in northwest Syria witnessed an uneasy calm Tuesday after a break-in bombing between Syrian government forces and Turkish-backed armed opposition groups.

In order to strengthen their illegal presence in Syria, the US forces brought military armored vehicles and logistics equipment from Iraq into the Al-Ramelan area on the outskirts of al-Hasakah, northeastern Syria. On Tuesday, Local sources reported that in the northeastern outskirts of al-Hasakah, an American convoy of 40 armored …

The Arabs say they are worried because Iran sees Biden as a “weak” president, and that is why the mullahs in Tehran and their proxies in Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Lebanon have increased their terrorist attacks in the Middle East. Arabs are turning to the Biden administration with the frank …

A leaked secret message reveals that Assad called for Russian military intervention during the 2013 battles of eastern Ghouta, Sowt Al-Asime reports. The Russian newspaper Zavtra wrote in an article it published on Saturday about a secret message that the head of the Syrian regime, Bashar al-Assad, sent to Russia …

The Biden administration is giving Turkey the cold shoulder on the S-400 dispute. Turkey’s government has hired a law firm in Washington to lobby on its behalf as it seeks rapport with the Biden administration amid a continuing dispute over Ankara’s purchase of Russia’s S-400 air defense system. A defense …

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to reaffirm strategic ties. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman by phone on Thursday to convey Washington’s continued support for the kingdom’s defense against Houthi attacks emanating from Yemen.