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Israel Assuming 'Worst-case Scenario' With Syria Bombing: Analysts

Israel's bombing of Syrian military assets and its entry into the UN-patrolled buffer zone on the Golan Heights show it fears the worst from the end of the Assad clan's rule, analysts told AFP. "The Israeli government... is operating on a worst-case scenario with little to no nuance," said Yossi…

International Business Times · Dec 10, 2024

Iran: hijab ‘treatment clinics’ echo historical use of mental illness to control women

The opening of a “hijab removal treatment clinic” to “offer scientific and psychological treatment” for Iranian women who refuse to wear a hijab was announced in November.

The Conversation · Dec 10, 2024

What is Iran signalling since the fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad?

A stalwart Assad ally for decades, Iran has to decide how it will approach the new Syria.

Al Jazeera · Dec 10, 2024

Russia And Iran Weakened As Assad Falls In Syria

The fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria exposes weakened support from Russia and Iran, impacting the Middle East's power balance.

Top News · Dec 9, 2024

Syrians crowd Assad’s most notorious torture prison in hunt for missing loved ones

It comes as Britain says collapse of Assad is humiliation for Iran and Russia but doesn’t guarantee peace. Israel bombs chemical weapons facilities over fears of dangerous power vacuum

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2024

Israel Secures Buffer Zone Amid Syrian Unrest

Israel's temporary control of buffer zone in Syria aims to secure borders and counter Iran's influence amidst Syrian unrest.

Top News · Dec 9, 2024

Lammy brands Assad rat of Damascus who fled to Russia with tail between his legs

The Assad regime in Syria collapsed after 13 years of civil war.

Evening Standard · Dec 9, 2024

Why the fall of Bashar al-Assad is unlikely to lead to peace in Syria

The Syrian opposition’s recent capture of the country’s largest city of Aleppo caught much of the international community by surprise. After the involvement of Russia, Iran and Hezbollah in the prolonged Syrian civil war, many observers assumed that Bashar al-Assad’s forces had won the conflict.

The Conversation · Dec 9, 2024

What Syria’s rebel takeover means for the region’s major players: Turkey, Iran and Russia

When I was buying coffee at a cafe owned by a Syrian man in the UK on Sunday, I asked him what he made of the news that longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad had been ousted from power. He responded optimistically that he and the 7 million Syrians that had fled…

The Conversation · Dec 9, 2024

How a lightning assault by Syrian rebels toppled Assad’s regime in less than two weeks

Distracted by wars elsewhere, president Bashar al-Assad’s military allies Russia, Iran, and Lebanon’s Hezbollah failed to mobilise the kind of decisive firepower that had propped him up for years

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2024