Iran’s foreign ministry said on Monday it has ‘no direct contact’ with the new Syrian government since the fall of top ally Bashar al-Assad and that its presence in the country was solely for ...

Assad’s ouster has raised urgent questions about the 2,000 troops who serve as a bulwark against ISIS and Iran.

The fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad was the crescendo of a remarkably bad year for the Iranian regime. The Islamic Republic suffered major blows in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, diminishing the power of ...