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LEBANON 23/01/2019 Economic summit sparks divisions between intelligence services As usual, the Lebanese intelligence services were not always on [...]
UNITED STATES 16/01/2019 Despite Trump, US intelligence plans long-term presence in Syria Although Donald Trump announced last month that the US will withdraw troops from Syria, the Department of Defense (DoD) is going all out to ensure that Bashar Al Assad's forces and those of his allies Russia and Iran are closely monitored. [...]
SYRIA LEBANON 09/01/2019 Disagreement over Assad's attendance at economic summit Heads of state intending to go to the Arab economic [...]
RUSSIA SYRIA 09/01/2019 Russar, Kremlin's instrument of influence in Damascus The Russian charity Russar is doing an increasing amount to strengthen the Kremlin's position in the Arab world to the east of Egypt. [...]
SYRIA 19/12/2018 After Al Bechir, Moscow works on sending other leaders to Damascus Sudanese President Omar El Bechir's visit to Damascus on December [...]
SYRIA 26/09/2018 Jordan and UAE court Damascus under Riyadh's watchful eye Although Saudi Arabia is officially still taking a hard line against Bashar Al Assad, some of its strongest regional allies are getting closer to Damascus. [...]
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES SYRIA 23/08/2018 Al Blouki fosters business ties between Damascus and Abu Dhabi Abduljalil Al Blouki, a businessman close to the ruling family in Abu Dhabi, has started serving as a UAE-Syria go-between. [...]
SYRIA 13/06/2018 Syrian Army at heart of dispute between Moscow and Tehran While relations are increasingly strained between the Kremlin and Iran's Pasdaran in Syria, the dispute has spread to the Syrian [...]
IRAN ISRAEL RUSSIA 30/05/2018 Kremlin braces for stand-off with Tehran over Syria In his recent meeting with Bashar Al Assad in Sochi, Vladimir Putin made himself clear regarding Iranian troops deployed in Syria. [...]
SYRIA 02/05/2018 Maher, rather than "Tiger", for 4th Division President Bashar Al Assad appointed his brother Maher al-Assad as [...]
SYRIA 11/04/2018 Al Hassan poised to be honoured by the kremlin Credited with the victory of the Syrian armed forces in [...]
SYRIA JORDAN 11/04/2018 Consultation between spymasters The head of Syria's National Security Bureau, Ali Mamlouk, met [...]
RUSSIA 11/04/2018 Hamas number two visits Moscow Mussa Abu Marzouk, the vice-president of the Palestinian Islamist movement [...]
SYRIA 28/02/2018 How Souhail Al-Hassan, Damascus' "Tiger", wants to retake eastern Ghouta Governments in Damascus and Moscow are counting on Syrian General Souhail Al Hassan to take back control of the Ghouta region, which has been the scene of intense bombing and clashes in recent weeks. [...]
SAUDI ARABIA 31/01/2018 The GIP remobilises Syrian spies The heads of the Syrian office of the General Intelligence [...]
SYRIA 01/11/2017 Changing of the guard in Syrian Army According to our sources, the Syrian Army is undergoing major [...]
IRAN 01/11/2017 Tehran moves to reconcile Hamas and Bashar Al Assad Teheran has tasked Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah with negotiating the terms of a new strategic alliance between Hamas and Syria. [...]
SAUDI ARABIA RUSSIA 18/10/2017 Salman ready to allow Bashar to remain A meeting between Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdelaziz and [...]
CHINA 06/09/2017 Beijing's military think-tank scrutinizes Islamic State China's Military Sciences Academy hosts the military intelligence service, or [...]
SYRIA 06/09/2017 Damascus caught between Iranian militias and Russian reassurance A delegation of high level military officials from Tehran and Moscow pitched competing strategies to Syria's military top brass for the future shape of its armed forces at a closed meeting in Damascus last month. [...]
