Twenty-three-year-old Syrian military conscript Farhan al-Khouli was badly paid and demoralized. His army outpost in scrubland near the rebel-held city of Idlib should have had nine soldiers but it ...
“That’s why Assad brought in Hezbollah.” Mr Cook described president Bashar al-Assad’s army as a “Soviet-style” military that has huge problems with supply and logistics. Syria has ...
But Russia’s commitment to Syria has not actually wavered, and Russia is not really distracted. The advance of Syria’s rebels, led by the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), reflects the degradation not ...
Why Israel Is Destroying Syria's Army Iranian weapons, training, and funding have supported groups across the Middle East, including Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the Houthi rebels in ...