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Experts say many Arab governments see last month’s earthquake disaster as reason to deepen engagement with al-Assad.

Iran's regime is divided in its response to months of unprecedented protests, wavering between repression and what it views as conciliatory gestures trying to quell the discontent, analysts say. "The conflicting messages we are getting from the Iranian regime suggest an internal debate on how to deal with ongoing protests,"…

The arrest of the actor Taraneh Alidoosti for posting about protests around the country and the crackdown against them has sparked an outcry, writes Borzou Daragahi

Geopolitical realignments have allowed the UAE to rehabilitate Bashar al-Assad, with Russian support.