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Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) attacked the Ayn al-Assad Iraqi air base housing American forces, according to the Pentagon.

Middle East Eye reports some startling criticism of Turkey from King Abdullah of Jordan, who is a nominal ally of the Turks, during a visit to Washington in January. The details of the King’s remarks are said to have been kept secret until now.

Presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz explained to a military father during Tuesday’s CNN town hall that he would do “whatever is necessary militarily to defeat ISIS.”

The presidents of Russia and Iran agreed on Monday to step up bilateral contacts, including over the Syrian conflict, in which both countries are allies of President Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian government and Western-backed opposition are currently holding U.N.-mediated peace

One of the Syrian opposition delegates to peace talks in Geneva has claimed that North Korean military units are deployed in Syria, fighting on behalf of dictator Bashar Assad.

Syrian government forces backed by heavy Russian air support drove Islamic State out of Palmyra on Sunday, inflicting what the army called a “mortal blow” to militants who seized the city last year and dynamited its ancient temples. The loss

TEL AVIV – Israeli and Jordanian F-16s confronted Russian warplanes in January, warning them to stay away from the two countries’ shared border, King Abdullah of Jordan told U.S. lawmakers. According to a report by the Middle East Eye on Abdullah’s briefing to members of Congress on January 11, Russian warplanes were observing Israeli defense measures in the Golan Heights, which borders Syria.

The outcome of Secretary of State John Kerry’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin was a renewed push for a “political solution” in Syria, with a call to draft a new Syrian Constitution by August.

The Jerusalem Post reports: Former military intelligence chief Amos Yadlin said on Saturday that the Russian army remains in Syria and its forces are not abandoning the fight against Islamic State. Yadlin made the remarks at a cultural event in Beersheba,

Iran’s terror proxy Hezbollah, echoing its allies the Syrian regime of dictator Bashar al-Assad and Russian officials, urged world powers to stop supporting what it considers terrorist groups in Syria hours after Tuesday’s attacks in Brussels, claimed by the Sunni Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).

Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Moscow on Wednesday for meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, with the future of Syria high on the agenda.

TEL AVIV – In the aftermath of the attacks in Brussels, the Egyptian press claimed that European support for the Muslim Brotherhood is the reason terror has struck the continent. The editorial in the official Egyptian daily Al-Ahram asserted that Europe has maintained ties

Contents: Generational Dynamics view of Brussels terror attack; Gone With The Wind

The fate of President Bashar al-Assad will play no part in talks to end the Syrian war, the head of the government’s delegation said, leading the U.N. peace envoy to warn that lack of progress on the issue could threaten

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The ultimate decision of whether or not Kurds should be allowed to establish their own region in northern Syria lies with the Syrian people, according to the U.S. Department of State (DOS).

Russian President Vladimir Putin told the world on Monday,  March 14 that his forces will be withdrawing from the front line of Syria’s bloody civil war. Stating that they had accomplished most of their objectives there, Mr Putin added that some

TEL AVIV, Israel – Sham Maher Assad, Syrian President Bashar Assad’s niece, has claimed on Facebook that Russia’s announced military withdrawal from her war-torn country is not as significant as it seems. On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin unexpectedly ordered the withdrawal of most of his military forces from Syria.

In a strongly worded statement, the U.S. Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has highlighted the responsibility of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for instigating Syria’s bitter civil war and the rise of the Islamic State. In a press release marking

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif warned that “Armageddon” could begin in Syria if a satisfactory peace agreement is not worked out soon. He proceeded to make it clear Iran will not accept the ouster of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, making such a peace agreement much more difficult to negotiate.

The Chaldean bishop of Aleppo, Antoine Audo, reported Wednesday that in only five years of conflict and persecution, the Christian population in Syria has been reduced by two thirds, from 1.5 million to only 500,000 today.

Contents: Russia announces a surprise partial military withdrawal from Syria; Opinions vary on why Russia pulled back from Syria now

The State Department has denied reports that discussions are ongoing with Russia on a mission to liberate Raqqa, Syria, the self-declared capital of the Islamic State’s Caliphate.

A Russian diplomat sought to reassure Israel on Tuesday that its security would not be harmed by the winding down of Moscow’s military intervention in Syria’s civil war, but a top Israeli lawmaker said the ramifications could not yet be

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that his government will withdraw some its military from Syria six months after the Kremlin began airstrikes in the region.

Saudi Arabia declared that anyone linked to Iran’s terror proxy Hezbollah will be deported from the kingdom, Al Arabiya News Channel reports.

President Vladimir Putin said on Monday “the main part” of Russian armed forces in Syria would start to withdraw, and instructed his diplomats to step up the push for peace as U.N.-mediated talks resumed in Geneva on ending the five-year

Turkish warplanes struck against Kurdish militant camps in northern Iraq on Monday after 37 people were killed in an Ankara car bombing that security officials said involved a female fighter of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Sunday’s attack, tearing through

CNN reports: The political future of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is non-negotiable, his chief envoy said Saturday, undercutting a chief demand of rebels who are scheduled to attend negotiations next week aimed at defusing a brutal five-year war. Assad’s status is

The Jerusalem Post reports: MOSCOW – Russia is convinced the United Nations peace mediator on Syria Staffan de Mistura should take a decision on including ethnic Kurds in Syria peace talks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday. Holding

Syria has lost millions of citizens since the civil war started, but the last known American citizen in Damascus will not leave.

TEL AVIV – Russia has exploited the United States’ near-complete absence in Syria to wield its influence beyond President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, including to the heretofore Western-backed Syrian opposition, an Arab intelligence source told Breitbart Jerusalem. The Russian-controlled Hmeimim airbase,

On Tuesday, the Iranian government test-fired ballistic missiles in violation of international agreements. When called on it, they threatened to walk away from a deal cut with the Obama administration and the G5+1 last year that freed the country of sanctions in return for commitments to stop nuclear arms development.

The Jerusalem Post reports: Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah (pictured) vehemently attacked Arab regimes for their decision to label Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, claiming that “the Lebanese resistance is the only one that regains Arab dignity and fights for the

TEL AVIV – Jordanian authorities are looking into an alleged plan by Islamic State militants to conquer the Jordanian town of Irbid near the Syrian border, an Arab intelligence source told Breitbart Jerusalem. Four jihadi militants and a Jordanian security officer were killed early on Wednesday when troops clashed with gunmen in the kingdom’s second-largest city.

Contents: India about to deploy its first nuclear-armed submarine, in challenge to China; China’s military takes control of another Philippines fishing ground; Mideast Sunni-Shia split grows as GCC says Hezbollah is terrorist organization

Fox News reports:  Despite the fragile “cessation of hostilities” over much of Syria, a steady barrage of Russian air strikes is still aimed at moderate and U.S.-supported rebel forces, further complicating desperately strained humanitarian relief efforts and preparing the way