ABD İran’ın Akdeniz koridorunu çökertecek mi? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Joe Macaron

Joe Macaron

May 15, 2019

The al-Qaim gate is closed at the border between Iraq and Syria at al-Qaim in Iraq, November 27, 2018. Picture taken November 27, 2018. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani - RC1669CDDD20 — Irak’ın Suriye sınırındaki Kaim bölgesinde kapalı tutulan sınır kapısı, 27 Kasım 2018 — REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani

English

Members of the Syrian government forces stand guard at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Deir Ezzor on September 10, 2017, as they continue to press forward with Russian air cover in the offensive against Islamic State group jihadists across Deir Ezzor province. / AFP PHOTO / George OURFALIAN (Photo credit should read GEORGE OURFALIAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Pro-Iran militias in Syria soak merchants for cash at checkpoints

Akhin Ahmed

Iraq's Qaim border open to nonlocal PMU fighting in Syria

Shelly Kittleson

Shelly Kittleson

In Baghdad, reporting on Iraqi politics

US looks to Russia to avoid run-ins with Syrian troops in Deir ez-Zor

Jack Detsch

US soldiers stand near a Russian military vehicle in the Syrian town of al-Malikiyah (Derik), on June 3, 2020.

Confrontation between US, pro-Iranian groups in Syria and Iraq poses challenges for Russia

Kirill Semenov