Map Shows Middle East Alliances: Russia, Iran ... such as Russia and Iran. Russia in particular has been a strong military force in favor of Assad, with Russian troops being stationed in Syria ...

Russia and Iran have sway over government-held areas, the single biggest chunk of Syria. The United States has forces in the northeast and east, backing the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.

Six months since the collapse of the Assad regime, the Russian military presence in Syria has remained entrenched in ...

Russia and Iran, along with Syria’s government, have long painted the rebels as terrorists, ... which lays out a road map for Syria’s political transition, starting with a cease-fire.

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Monday branded an Islamist-led offensive that has captured swathes of territory an attempt to redraw the regional map in line with US interests.His comments in a ...

In 2015, Russia sent thousands of troops to Syria to help keep President Assad in power. In return for this military assistance, Russia was given 49-year leases on two key military bases.

SINGAPORE: No doubt policymakers in Tehran and Moscow are asking who lost Syria. In a tectonic rewrite of the Middle East’s geopolitical map, Bashar al-Assad was ousted on Sunday (Dec 8) after ...

Syria, Russia forces step up air raids in a bid to slow opposition advance. Joint Syrian-Russian strikes hit residential areas in Idlib city, causing widespread destruction and killing many civilians.

Maps ; Map Shows Middle East Alliances: Russia, Iran, Israel, Syria. Published Dec 02, 2024 at 12:40 PM EST. By . Theo Burman is a Newsweek Live News Reporter based in London, U.K. He writes ...