The two countries signed 20-year cooperation pact, but despite anti-US stance there are limits to their partnership.

The fact of the matter is, though, the Russo-Iranian alliance in the Middle East has been dealt a serious blow with the loss of Assad’s regime in Syria. That is now being made all the more evident by ...

From Syria to Libya to Georgia, Putin's grip on his global empire is loosening. Thus far only Turkey and Israel benefit. Will ...

Armed factions who led the final charge on Damascus that toppled Assad are hesitating to take part in a new system led by ...

In the aftermath, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, condemned Assad’s fall as a foreign-orchestrated conspiracy, a framing that reflects Tehran’s efforts to preserve its image as a ...

Other T/FFs enter Iraq from terrorist safehavens in northwestern Iran ... Russia to intervene. Russia obliged. However, not just Russia intervened in Syria. The US was also backing Kurdish ...

Khamenei's mention of the "defense of the shrine" is in reference to the reason behind Iran's presence in Syria and Iraq, as Iran has ... moved into the abandoned Russian bases Sarrin and Ain ...

Last May, Iran's then ... Iranian leader to Syria since 2010. Ebrahim Raisi praised key ally Bashar Assad for his "victory," having beaten back rebel forces with Iranian and Russian help, and ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin ... Soleimani was assassinated in a US drone strike in Iraq on Trump's orders, prompting a wave of fury in Iran. Trump last year warned the US would "wipe (Iran ...

Iran is experiencing a systemic energy crisis. While many times in the past, Iran has had gas shortages or refined product ...

This period also solidified regional collaborations in conflicts such as those in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria, leading Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to describe Iran as a "natural ally" in ...