Syria

Assad’s military gains challenge Obama’s Syria strategy

Bloomberg: With the Syrian uprising in its fourth year, U.S. President Barack Obama may be further than ever from his goal of seeing rebels topple...

Iran scrambles to respond to claims it supplied chlorine bombs to Assad

Tower Magazine: Observers have become increasingly vocal in condemning what analysts describe as a coordinated campaign by Syrian to target rebel-heavy areas with  chlorine-filled chemical weapons. ...

Evacuation of Syria’s Homs rebel districts to begin

AFP - Some 2,000 rebels and civilians were to begin leaving besieged opposition-held districts of Homs in central Syria on Wednesday under a deal between...

Syria elections set for June 3 amid civil war

AP: Syria called a presidential election for June 3, aiming to give President Bashar Assad a veneer of electoral legitimacy in the midst of...

Syria rebels get US-made missiles: source

AFP: Syrian rebels fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad for the first time received at least 20 US-made TOW anti-tank missiles from a "Western source,"...

West, Middle East powers warn against Syria election

AFP: Eleven Western and Middle Eastern powers on Thursday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad against holding elections, saying that the vote would have no credibility...

UN Syria envoy to Iran on Sunday

AFP: The UN-Arab League envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, will travel to close Damascus ally Iran for meetings with senior officials, Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein...

Iran hosts Syria conference of Assad sympathizers

Reuters: Iran hosted a rival version of a "Friends of Syria" conference on Wednesday, convening lawmakers from allies around the world to push for...

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The United States and Arab Allies Sanction Five Entities and 16 Hezbollah Officials

The United States and the member states of the Terrorist Financing Targeting Center (TFTC) have imposed a new round...

Drug Crisis: Chemotherapy Costs in Iran Have Increased Tenfold

A new wave of drug price increases in Iran has catastrophically raised the cost of medical treatment. In one...

Iran’s Negative Economic Growth: From Statistical Manipulation to the Collapse of Investment

When the gap between official figures and reality becomes too wide, the economic crisis is no longer confined to...

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Workers and Retirees in Iran Once Again Protest Over Living Conditions

Retirees and workers held protest gatherings and marches in...

Global Torture Index: Iran Is Among the World’s Highest-Risk Countries for Torture

The latest Global Torture Index identifies Iran as one...

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