Iranian and Russian support has been critical to Assad’s war effort, but the different agendas of Assad’s allies in Syria have become more apparent of late as Israel push Putin to get Iran out
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Putin criticizes Trump over Iran nuclear deal
Russian president says that the U.S. withdrawal from the international accord could destabilize the region at China summit
Israel trolls Iran on Twitter with ‘Mean Girls’ meme
After Iran’s supreme leader tweets that Israel is a ‘malignant cancerous tumor,’ embassy responds with meme, breaks internet
Israel and Russia agree to remove Iranian forces from Syrian border, report says
Israel reportedly gets ‘green light’ to strike Iranian targets as long as it does not endanger Syrian regime. Report follows call between Netanyahu and Putin, meeting between Israel’s defense chief and Russian counterpart
Will Iran withdraw its forces from Syria?
With Israel adamant on preventing Iran from getting close to the border and Russia ordering a retreat from Syria, Iran has some choices to make – that Assad may not like
Trump’s talk of sanctions is a dead-end. What he’s really pushing is war against Iran
From Cuba and Panama to North Korea and Libya, it’s clear that sanctions don’t bring down authoritarian regimes. But what does often follow a failed sanctions policy? War
Pompeo’s crude threat to ‘crush’ Iran hides crisis in Trump’s Mideast strategy
The Secretary of State gave Tehran a full U.S. foreign policy shopping list. But as a diktat, not an invitation to negotiate, it will only provoke Tehran to amp up its threats to American allies and U.S. objectives in the Mideast
Who is the Moqtada al-Sadr? The big winner of Iraq’s elections who attacked U.S. troops
Sadr is the only Iraqi Shi’ite leader who has challenged both Iran and the United States, a calculation that appears to have made him popular with millions of poor Shi’ites