Is Russia exploiting Iranian weakness in east Syria? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Khaled al-Khateb

Khaled al-Khateb

Jan 26, 2021

TOPSHOT - A picture taken during a press tour provided by the Russian Armed Forces on September 15, 2017 shows Russian soldiers standing guard in a central street in Syria's eastern city of Deir Ezzor, as local children pose nearby. / AFP PHOTO / France2 / Dominique DERDA (Photo credit should read DOMINIQUE DERDA/AFP via Getty Images) — A picture taken during a press tour provided by the Russian armed forces shows Russian soldiers standing guard in a central street in the eastern city of Deir ez-Zor, as local children pose nearby, Syria, Sept. 15, 2017. — Dominique Derda/AFP via Getty Images

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Iranian forces in east Syria redeploy after airstrikes

Khaled al-Khateb

Khaled al-Khateb

A Syrian boy holds the Iranian flag as a truck carrying aid provided by Iran arrives in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor on September 20, 2017 while Syrian government forces continue to press forward with Russian air cover in the offensive against Islamic State group jihadists across the province.
Two separate offensives are under way against the jihadists in the area -- one by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, the other by Russian-backed government forces. The Syrian army now controls around 70 percent

Iranian forces form new groups to boost influence in east Syria

Khaled al-Khateb

Khaled al-Khateb

A fighter with the Syrian Democratic Forces inspects a makeshift shelter dug in a trench at a makeshift camp for Islamic State members and their families in the town of Baghouz, Deir Ez-zor, Syria, March 9, 2019.

Syrians dig for Islamic State left-behinds in eastern desert

Khaled al-Khateb

Khaled al-Khateb

Deir ez-Zor residents protest rule by Syrian Kurdish group

Khaled al-Khateb

Khaled al-Khateb