The US army has been reinforcing its occupation in Syria over the past few months In a report released by Al-Monitor on 14 July, a high-ranking US military official was quoted as saying that Russian and Iranian forces in Syria have been coordinating with the specific aim of forcing Washington’s …

Whether or not US officials will consider the deal a violation of US sanctions on Iran, and therefore attempt to block it, is unclear Iraqi officials did not notify their US counterparts before reaching the recent deal to barter oil for natural gas with Iran, the Associated Press reported on …

The two-day visit is the first by an Iraqi premier to Syria since before the start of the war In the first visit by an Iraqi prime minister to Syria since before the start of the US-backed war in 2011, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani visited Damascus on 16 July for a …