For Suleiman Al-Khalidi's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Syria is Russia's closest ally in the Middle East, and Moscow's intervention in the Syrian war in 2015 proved decisive in helping President Bashar Assad defeat rebel forces.
Israel has dramatically expanded air strikes on suspected Iranian missile and weapons production centers in Syria to repel what it sees as a stealthy military encroachment by its regional arch-enemy, Western and regional intelligence sources say. Capitalizing on a longtime alliance with Syria, Iran is ...
