Middle Orient

After conflict over possession of displaced family’s house | Turkish-backed factions amass troops in rural Afrin

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR activists have monitored Turkish-backed factions amassing their affiliated members, this evening, in Jendires district in the western countryside of Afrin, after Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement had arrested a person from Rif Dimashq following a conflict over possession of a house he living in. it …

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Security vacuum in Daraa | Three members of 4th Division killed in two separate attacks in northern and eastern countryside

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR activists have monitored the death of a member of the regime-backed 4th Division and his escort, after being shot by unknown gunmen in Al-Ghariyyah Al-Gharbiyyah town in the eastern countryside of Daraa.

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The future of the Middle East will be shaped in the next few weeks

Members of the Iran-backed Iraqi militia Hashd al-Shaabi at a graduation ceremony in the central Iraqi city of Karbala We are entering a period of immense complexity for the Middle East. What happens in the next few months will set the tone in our region for years. If managed correctly, …

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People gather in front of Turkish consulate in Tabriz to protest at Erdogan’s remarks

A large number of Iranian people gathered in front of the Turkish consulate in the Northwestern city of Tabriz in the Northwestern province of East Azerbaijan, protesting at President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s remarks against Iran during a ceremony in the Republic of Azerbaijan.

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Russia’s efforts to end Iran’s presence in Syria | Iran continues “Shi’aism” proselytising operations in southern Syria and western Euphrates, recruiting 16,000 volunteers so far

At a time when Syria is experiencing a state of relative calm in terms of military operations, which are confined to back-and-forth operations in the Syrian desert, and exchange of fire in the “de-escalation zone”, the simmering Russian-Iranian conflict is once again coming to the fore.

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Bedfellows: Iran and Al Qaeda

In addition, a trove of 470,000 documents, released by the CIA in late 2017, point to close ties between the Iranian regime and Al-Qaeda…. According to the documents, Iran also provided Al Qaeda with “money and arms and everything they need, and offered them training in Hezbollah camps in Lebanon, …

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Russia sent troops to the Golan Heights in Syria. Will the Israeli attacks stop?

According to an official statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry and the Russian Ministry of Defense, Moscow has decided and sent its troops to the Golan Heights. Russian troops will patrol with Syrian soldiers directly on the Bravo Line, which currently separates Syrian and Israeli troops in the region.

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