More: Syria
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: The Islamic State and the Leader who Revolves Around It
Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Al-Badri, or more recently named Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is the leader of the most notorious terrorist organization in the world, the...
Syria’s ‘Competing Interventions:’ Much Ado Accomplishing Nothing
The Syrian conflict has led to the failure of the Syrian state, which has had consequences for not only the Middle East, but a...
Israel and the Russian Federation today
There are many signs which make us think of a new strategic relationship between Russia and Israel in the Middle East. In general terms,...
The new tactical-strategic configuration of the US Forces in Syria
The operations carried out by Inherent Resolve, the complex US-led coalition in Syria, had been announced as early as April 1, 2016 by the...
The East Turkestan Islamic Movement
According to some very recent official Syrian sources, last April over 5,000 jihadists entered from the Turkish border, heading for Idlib and Aleppo. They...
Playing Chess, Not Checkers: Russian Responses to U.S. Hegemony in Kind
Few would argue that Russia’s recent display of military assertiveness, in both its hybrid confrontation in Ukraine and recent intervention in Syria, is antithetical...
The United States in Syria
So far the United States and their coalition have conducted 12,199 aerial bombing operations in Syria and Iraq - exactly 8,322 in Iraq and...
Iran’s moves in Syria
A recent article published on the Russian Pravda, which is certainly not just the result of grey propaganda, namely that kind of "grey" communication...
The Islamic State’s fake story: Russian FSB spy
In May 2016, Al-Hayat Media Center of the Islamic State released a new issue of Russian magazine “Istok”, which contains an article about so-called...
The Russian military posture
The big parade organized on May 9, 2016 to commemorate the 71st anniversary of the USSR victory in the Great Patriotic War - as...