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Smoke rises as Iranian protesters set fire to the Saudi embassy in Tehran on Jan 3

Al-Zoubi to Asharq Al-Awsat: 80 Thousand Iranian Units in Syria

by Youssef Diab and Fath al-Rahman Youssef | May 18, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- Asaad al-Zoubi, head of the Syrian opposition delegation of High Negotiations Committee (HNC) in Geneva, said that Iranian forces are gradually arriving to battle zones in Syria. Over 11 thousand Iranian fighters had recently, boarding cargo jets, arrived at...

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L), U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (C) and United Nations special envoy on Syria Staffan de Mistura (R) attend the ministerial meeting on Syria in Vienna, Austria, May 17, 2016. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

World and Regional Powers Set Immediate, Modest Syria Goals

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 17, 2016 | Middle East

World and regional powers met in Vienna on Tuesday to solve the deadlock between the tenaciously divided Syrian factions and turn Syria’s shaky pause in fighting into a comprehensive cease-fire as a step toward ending the five-year war that left hundreds of...

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Russian- Iranian Coordination With the Regime to Amend the Plan to Attack Aleppo and Idlib

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | May 16, 2016 | Middle East

The chief negotiator of the High Negotiation Committee (HNC) Asaad Al-Zoubi in Geneva warned that the Russian – Iranian alliance coordinated with the Syrian regime to amend plans for an attack to include the intensification of missile strikes on the outskirts of...

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Opinion: Hezbollah – What a Blow!

by Tariq Alhomayed | May 16, 2016 | Opinion

Hezbollah has accused the Syrian opposition of killing its most prominent military commander in Lebanon and Syria Mustafa Badreddine by targeting one of the group’s centres in Damascus with artillery fire. Who will believe that? The director of the Syrian Observatory...

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Members of Iran’s Basij militia, an internal security force which has had some of its operatives deployed to Syria, Reuters

Scores of Dead Iranian Soldiers Spur Conflicting Stances in Iran

by Adil Alsalmi | May 9, 2016 | Middle East

London- For the second day in a row, Iranian surging reactions continued after an Iranian official confirmation that over 34 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members were killed in the Syrian village of Khan Touman located south of Aleppo. Other Iranian...