Russia–Syria–Iran–Iraq coalition

November 19, 2025 - The Russia–Syria–Iran–Iraq ... refers to Hezbollah of Lebanon), was a joint intelligence-sharing cooperation between opponents of the Islamic State (IS) with operation rooms in Syria's Damascus and Iraq's Green Zone in Baghdad....

And while the Ukraine invasion has made Moscow dependent on Tehran's military support, rather than lead to any disengagement from Syria, this strategic reconfiguration has intensified the Iranian-Russian security collaboration in general and in Syria in particular.

12 hours ago - On 26 August 2015, a treaty was signed between the two countries which permitted Russia to use Syria's Hmeimim airport free of charge, indefinitely. Ratified by Russia's parliament in October 2016, it also grants Russian personnel and their family members jurisdictional immunity and other ...

August 5, 2025 - The Russian intervention in September 2015 provided decisive air power to Syrian and Iranian-backed ground forces, expanding Bashar al-Assad’s territorial control and solidifying the regime’s hold on power through parallel diplomatic efforts.

April 17, 2023 - And while the Ukraine invasion has made Moscow dependent on Tehran’s military support, rather than lead to any disengagement from Syria, this strategic reconfiguration has intensified the Iranian-Russian security collaboration in general and in Syria in particular.

February 5, 2025 - Russia and Iran may adopt a model of diplomacy with Syria, similar to their efforts to cultivate the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.

4 weeks ago - During the Syrian Civil War, Iran conducted, alongside Russia, "an extensive, expensive, and integrated effort to keep Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in power." In September 2022, Iranian state media reported that high-level officials from Iran and Syria discussed the prospects of "mutual cooperation in the field of oil and gas," suggesting that the two countries were considering forming a joint oil and gas company.

The Iranian and Syrian deployments to eastern Syria have occurred alongside growing operational coordination with Russia.[3] Russia has provided intelligence to Iran while conducting more aggressive flights against US forces in Syria since mid-March...

June 9, 2025 - As U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio astutely noted during his Senate confirmation hearing, the Russians and Iranians have been pushed out of the region, but as “pragmatic foreign policy operators,” they may inevitably find a way back the U.S. failure to seize this opportunity. Thus, maintaining a robust U.S. presence in Syria is crucial to prevent adversaries from exploiting the geopolitical void and threatening regional stability and American strategic interests.

Syrian National Army, while Iran is keen to maintain an · important part for IRGC-affiliated Shia militias in the ... Turkish-controlled areas. Recent events suggest that · the two allies do not agree on how to deal with those · challenges. Finally, in the long run, there are reasons · to think that Russia and Iran do not share the same

Russia and Iran view each other as valuable partners in countering U.S. influence in the Middle East and defending the principle of state sovereignty against external intervention.

January 16, 2025 - Failure in Syria could prompt Russia, seeking a win, to double down on its war in Ukraine, accepting nothing less than total victory in the conflict. Iran's supply of drones and missiles, and North Korea's supply of ammunition and troops, has been crucial in sustaining the Russian war effort in Ukraine thus far, and in the event of an intensification of the conflict, Russia may request increased military support from both Tehran and Pyongyang.

There were reports of clashes between militias and military units aligned with Tehran and Moscow, and disagreements over the reform and restructuration of the Syrian armed forces.1 2 Researcher Mahmoud Alloush later talked of “competitive cooperation,” explaining that: There is a strategic intersection of interests between the two countries in supporting the regime during the Syrian revolution, but competitive factors have become more dominant in shaping this relationship after the course of the war and military operations turned in favor of al-Assad…3 Thus, while friction between Russia and Iran, and between Iranian and Russian proxies and allies, was widely reported, the drivers of this friction were never analyzed in detail.

December 12, 2024 - Among the central factors that led to the ouster of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was Iran’s and Russia’s decisions to not intervene yet again to prop him up. Tehran had long used Syria as vector to project influence in the region and marshalled significant resources and manpower to keep ...

December 11, 2024 - Eight years ago, Aleppo was embroiled in a pitched battle that produced large-scale war atrocities and underscored the brutal fighting that characterized Syria’s civil war. That battle was ultimately won by the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, backed by his Russian and Iranian allies.

December 12, 2024 - But last week, as HTS-led militants met little resistance from Syrian government forces on the road to Damascus, both Russia and Iran decided to pull the plug.

October 23, 2025 - Prior to the 2022 war on Ukraine, Russia and Iran also grew closer once Moscow involved itself in the Syrian civil war and joined with Iran in backing former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.

October 16, 2025 - Syrian Transitional President Ahmed al Shara’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 15 indicates that the Syrian government will likely pursue a pragmatic and multi-faceted relationship with Russia.[1] This meeting was the first between the two leaders since Shara came to power in December 2024.

Russia, Iran and Turkey form an unexpected, complex and fragile alliance in Syria. Their positions on key issues such as Bashar al-Assad’s continuation, t

December 5, 2024 - Russia carried out airstrikes in Syria after rebels launched an offensive against the Syrian government. Russia and Iran have supported Syrian President Bashar Assad for years.