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Damascus struggles to assert control in southern Syria amid ISIS threat, Druze tensions - analysis

Southern Syria is particularly complex for several reasons. One reason is the continued Israeli raids along the border.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
ISIS fighters.
Iraqi security forces stand at the Shalamcheh border crossing with Iran after Iraq closed the crossing following airstrikes on the Iranian side that security sources said killed an Iraqi citizen, Iraq, April 4, 2026.

Iraq braces for renewed Iran conflict after 1,000 strikes on Kurdistan, 600 militia attacks

Baghdad shut crossings with Iran this week, and the Kurdistan Region denied hosting Ukrainian drones, as Iraq moves to avoid being drawn into another round of fighting.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
IDF soldiers on Israel's border with Syria, September 9, 2025.

WATCH: Netanyahu says that IDF 'made sure' Syria 'understood' that Turkey unwelcome in region

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir warned that Israel would act to prevent the emergence of a significant military threat from Turkey along Israel's borders.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Missiles are displayed during a military parade held by the Houthis, who are armed primarily by the IRGC.

Iran's IRGC claims it targeted US command center in Syria, state media reports

The US command center located in al-Tanf in Syria was reportedly targeted by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in retaliation for recent American attacks against Iran.

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Iran's support for Syria tested by oil price drop

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has relied on oil-producing Iran to help him fight a nearly four-year-old civil war and also prop under a currency under pressure.

DECEMBER 20, 2014ByREUTERS
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After Obama declares war on Islamic State, Iran slams make-up of emerging coalition

Tehran accuses some members of coalition of being "financial and military supporters of terrorists in Iraq and Syria"; Russia: Airstrikes without a UN mandate would be an "act of aggression."

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014ByREUTERS
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