Russia has solidified its position as one of the most significant international actors in the Middle East in recent years, both a result of President Vladimir Putin’s push to increase his country’s role there and the simultaneous decline in U.S. influence| The Soufan Center
After seven long years of hard fighting in Syria’s bloody civil war, it is unclear whether Hezbollah will come out of the conflict on the positive or negative side of the ledger| The Soufan Center
The Syrian civil war continues to rage, with most of the intense fighting taking place in northwestern Syria in Idlib Province| The Soufan Center
Yesterday morning, U.S. President Joseph Biden announced that U.S. forces conducted a raid targeting Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi in Syria’s Idlib province that resulted in his death| The Soufan Center
Nearly 3.4 million Syrians are at risk of imminently losing access to humanitarian aid currently delivered through multiple border crossings and facilitated through United Nations Security Council Resolution 2533 (2020), which is set to expire on July 10| The Soufan Center
After months of back and forth and policy reversals on a U.S. troop presence in Syria, President Trump has decided to keep a residual force in the country. However, it will not be enough to counter Russia and Iran| The Soufan Center
In mid-September, despite having none of its members in top leadership posts, Lebanese Hezbollah orchestrated the importation of more than one million gallons of Iranian diesel fuel into Lebanon| The Soufan Center
Despite the Biden administration’s diplomatic outreach to Iran, another cycle of Iran-backed attacks and U.S. retaliation is emerging, resembling patterns of U.S.-Iran clashes during the Trump administration| The Soufan Center
It appears definitive to most observers of the Syrian civil war that dictator Bashar al-Assad will remain in power, due in no small part to the support of his Russian and Iranian allies| The Soufan Center