By Patrick Kingsley For Israel’s leaders, Bashar al-Assad’s downfall was made possible by their recent assaults on Hezbollah, Iran and Syria, all of which weakened the Iran-backed axis. Source: The New York Times Category: Israel, Syria, Golan Heights, Turkey, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Iran
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By Steven Erlanger Only weeks ago, Arab nations had been working hard to bring Bashar al-Assad back into the fold, assuming he was there to last. They were badly mistaken. Source: The New York Times Category: International Relations, Politics and Government, Israel-Gaza War (2023- ), Defense and Military Forces, War and Armed Conflicts, Arabs, Kurds, […]
By Steffie Banatvala 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 Source: The Independent Category: Middle East, World