Wall Street Journal28d
Assad Falls Thanks to a Weak Tehran
Photo: Shen Hong/Xinhua via ZUMA Press/AFP via Getty Images The fall of Bashar al-Assad ... Tahrir al-Sham—have cut off Tehran’s main proxy militia, Hezbollah, from its supply lines.
Newsweek22d
Map Shows Possible WWIII Frontlines if Russia Invaded Europe
Russia has already framed its war with Ukraine as a proxy war between Moscow and NATO ... More Sean Gallup/Getty Images "There is little doubt that Putin will continue to aggressively pursue ...
Newsweek19d
Russia Warns Of NATO War Within 10 Years
Russia is keen to disrupt, weaken or even divide NATO and one way of encouraging that might be to convince the U.S. that war is coming with ... of Ukraine as a proxy battle between NATO and ...
The New York Times5d
Tracking War Crimes in Sudan
By Sanjana Varghese I’m a reporter on the Visual Investigations team ... were directing forces who repeatedly broke the laws of war. Image A satellite image of the blackened foundations of ...
The New York Times29d
In the Syrian Regime’s Hour of Need, Its Patron Iran Makes an Exit
Image Syrians praying at the shrine, Sayyidah Zaynab, in Damascus in 2022. The shrine has played a central role in Iran’s war narrative in Syria. Credit...Omar Sanadiki/Associated Press The ...
New York Post29d
Why the West wasn’t sure if it wanted Syria’s al-Assad to survive?
Corbis via Getty Images ... civil war, now stretching into its 13th year, has been one of the most devastating conflicts of the modern era. It’s also been one of the most complex, a proxy ...
Politico Europe18d
World War III is already underway.
Europe worried that its own security was on the line; the U.S. had an image to uphold as a backer of democracy ... Unlike during the Cold War, however, there aren’t proxy conflicts where Moscow can ...
Review: Velázquez’s Queen Mariana portrait is a whiz-bang spectacle on view in Pasadena
The Velázquez masterpiece, on loan to the Norton Simon Museum from the Prado Museum in Madrid, is loaded with royal intrigue and mystery.
New York Post25d
Dozens of mostly Israeli Jews allegedly spied for Iran — in country’s biggest infiltration in decades
AFP via Getty Images Unlike Iranian espionage operations ... has caused concern in Israel at a time when it remains at war with Iran-backed Hamas in Gaza and when a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah ...
CBC.ca26d
Who are all the key players in Syria's civil war and rebel uprising?
Iran's military advisers and proxy fighters have played a critical role in shoring up Assad's forces throughout the war. But ... sought to remake the group's image, cutting ties with al-Qaeda ...
Wall Street Journal24d
Bashar al-Assad’s Fall Won’t Resolve Europe’s Migration Crisis
Photo: Getty Images That whooshing sound you heard this ... have been approved could be induced to go back. The Syrian civil war, which started in 2011, was the trigger for the massive wave ...
The Washington Post2d
MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT
Videos, photos and maps show how Syrian fighters mounted ... Years before the Gaza war, Israel transformed its intelligence unit into an AI testing ground. Critics charge that the overhaul has ...