Al-Qaeda’s former Syria affiliate is gaining ground from rival rebels in Syria’s Turkish-held north, on the heels of some of the deadliest inter-rebel fighting in the region in years.

More than a week of inter-rebel fighting in Syria’s Turkish-held north has killed 58 people, mostly combatants — a flareup that has allowed Al-Qaeda-linked fighters to gain ground, a war monitor said Tuesday.

…of Saudi Arabia’s crude oil output on Tehran. “Russia is behind Iran in this particular field [of drone warfare],” said Mehdi Bakhtiari, an Iran ian…

A dramatic shift of control has been underway in Afrin and other areas held by Turkish-backed groups in northwestern Syria since last week, raising questions about Ankara’s calculus in its quest to mend fences with Damascus.

With the world’s attention focused on Ukraine, a potentially transformative development in northern Syria went largely unnoticed.

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…rights . . . for all social classes rather than only the urban middle class.” Iran ’s hardliners warn that the continuation of protests is putting Iran ’s…

… Iran ’s notorious Evin prison, which houses demonstrators arrested during widespread protests and political prisoners, was set on fire after inmates clashed with security forces…

Russia has recently escalated its attacks in areas of Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, coinciding with clashes between Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and Syrian government forces in the area.

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