The fall of the Assad regime will be felt across the Middle East. One place that it could impact is Iraq. Iraq is not only a neighbor of Syria; it is also linked to it in many ways. In the days before the fall of Assad, there were calls for Iraqi militias to intervene … Read more
The United States is keeping a cautious but optimistic eye on the situation on the ground after rebel forces forced now-former President Bashar al-Assad to flee Syria, putting an end to a half century of despotic rule over Syria. President Joe Biden, speaking from the White House on Sunday, said Assad’s downfall simultaneously marks an … Read more
The IDF, on Sunday afternoon, took over the Syrian side of the Mount Hermon mountain range to expand a demilitarized buffer zone along the border with Syria and also at several other points of significance for defense. The Hermon range has always been thought of as providing a strategic advantage because it provides high … Read more
Iran has turned its back and abandoned its ally Syria as opposition forces topple the regime, an exclusive New York Times report on Saturday revealed. According to an internal memo from a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps that the NYT viewed, the situation in Syria was described as “unbelievable and strange.” It … Read more
Russian-Western escalation: Dangerous game, unpredictable results Okaz, Saudi Arabia, November 28 For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org Since the election of former US President Donald Trump, the world has experienced significant geopolitical shifts, with each party striving to establish new realities on the ground as leverage in ongoing conflicts. Nowhere … Read more
Hezbollah flag Beirut: Hezbollah will support the Syrian government amid escalating offensives by rebel forces, Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem said in a televised speech. While Qassem did not clarify the form of support, he assured on Thursday that Hezbollah would “do what it could”. Qassem accused the US and Israel of instigating aggression against … Read more
“The state is a human community that (successfully) claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory,” as Weber said in 1918. But what happens when the state does not boast a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence? What happens when, for instance, there are two monopolies on … Read more
An alarming lack of funding is casting doubts as to whether the Lebanese Armed Forces will be able to uphold the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, according to a Thursday N12 report. The Lebanese Armed Forces is the primary body responsible for upholding the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon on the Lebanese … Read more
Lebanon’s Hezbollah has been significantly degraded militarily by Israel, but the Iran-backed group will likely try to rebuild its stockpiles and forces and pose a long-term threat to the US and its regional allies, four sources briefed on updated US intelligence told Reuters. US intelligence agencies assessed in recent weeks that Hezbollah, even amid … Read more
Iran has admitted that the current setbacks to the Syrian regime are a challenge for its “axis of resistance” in the region. Iran’s Axis consists of Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, Iraqi militias, the Syrian regime, and other groups. Iran has mobilized the Axis to attack Israel since the Hamas attack on October 7. For … Read more
