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Ransomware attack seen as dangerous escalation

Iran under pressure in Syria as Bibi-Putin ties pay off

Battle over draft law heats up as summer deadline approaches

Tehran can’t help but notice Moscow’s recent change in tone regarding its strategic interests in Syria

Israel’s overall goal, they say, is to prevent a wider regional war

Security Detail Last Friday, members of Israel’s army intelligence branch opened the pages of Asharq Al-Awsat, a pan-Arab daily published in London, and smiled. The newspaper reported that Russia had warned Iran of an impending Israeli attack in Syria last Wednesday night. According to the dispatch, Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Sergey Ryabkov, had visited Tehran,