Media sources in Damascus reported that the security situation in the Sayedah Zainab area is still witnessing great tension between the Iranian militias on the one hand, and the Fourth Division of government forces on the other hand, after a conflict that broke out between them in late March. The …

Israel must risk intensifying military and civil intervention in Syria to prevent Iran from controlling it, an Israeli think tank has said. The Israeli National Security Research Center said in a report that “Israel should focus on three main areas: southern Syria, the Iraqi-Syrian border area, and the Syrian-Lebanese borders.” …

The Lebanese government has asked the Syrian government to start negotiations on demarcating the maritime borders between the two countries. This call comes after the signing of an agreement between Syria and Russia, on oil and gas exploration in the Mediterranean, in the maritime border area between Syria and Lebanon. …