In 1833, the Syrian provinces were ceded to Muhammed Ali of Egypt in the Convention of Kutahya. The firman stated that The Nusayri uprising lasted until mid-April 1835, as the Ottomans neither came to ...

Following the San Remo conference and the defeat of King Faisal's short-lived monarchy in Syria at the Battle of Maysalun, the French general Henri Gouraud established civil administration in the ...

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The Biden administration’s foreign policy record in the Middle East has been lamentable. The faux pas began before Biden took ...

Syrian authorities said on Thursday that security forces seized 600,000 Captagon pills that were to be smuggled into Iraq, in a rare raid on the narcotics trade dominated by Iran-backed groups, as ...

State media quoted a military official as saying the overnight attack wounded two civilians and “caused material damage to private property”. The official did not identify the target. Latakia is near ...

It helped stop rebels from Syria’s majority Sunni population from overthrowing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who is part of the country’s Shiite-derived Alawite minority. The IRGC also provided ...

We invite teenagers to tell a true story about a meaningful life experience in just 100 words. Contest dates: Nov. 6 to Dec. 4, 2024. By The Learning Network We invite teenagers to post their ...

Iranians, while happy to see Al-Quds work with Shiite militias to fight Islamic State, were less keen on the IRGC’s obsession with attacking (and provoking) Israel and the US or building some ...

It collaborated with other non-state actors like Hamas and Houthis to reinforce the strength of the Iran ... and Shia (31 per cent), along with a lesser percentage of Alawite, Ismail and Druze ...