Losing Syrian military bases would hurt the Kremlin’s attempts to project power in the Middle East and Africa.
The rapid downfall of Syrian leader Bashar Assad has touched off a new round of delicate geopolitical maneuvering between ...
In an hourlong televised meeting with his top military brass, Vladimir Putin left Syria unmentioned and made it clear that ...
The collapse of the seemingly all-powerful Assad regime shows how fragile dictatorships are.
Ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad says he had no plans to leave the country after the fall of Damascus a week ago but the ...
In his first comments from exile in Moscow, the deposed dictator pushes back against criticism that he abandoned supporters.
Jubilant rebels bloodlessly entering the capital, a president in flight, a stunned foreign patron negotiating the evacuation ...
With Russia’s diminished influence in Syria, Ukraine calls on Israel to reconsider its stance and provide essential defensive ...
Russia used the air base in Hmeimim and naval base at Tartus to support Bashar al-Assad in Syria’s 13-year civil war. But now ...
The Tartous naval base is its only Mediterranean repair and resupply hub, and Hmeimim is a major staging post for military ...
Acting decisively now can undermine Russia’s and Iran’s positions in the Middle East and strengthen U.S. and European ...
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