From Syria to Libya to Georgia, Putin's grip on his global empire is loosening. Thus far only Turkey and Israel benefit. Will ...

Washington needs a plan to create conditions for future U.S. investment to stabilize Syria — and to make sure Russia doesn’t ...

The Sparta II, a Russian cargo ship under U.S. sanctions, has been drifting near Tartus since Jan. 5 after leaving Baltiysk ...

The fall of Russian ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria has disrupted the Kremlin's strategy not only for the Mediterranean but also for Africa, pushing it to focus on Libya as a potential foothold, experts ...

Russia continues to evacuate its military contingent from Syria to Libya. However, the Russians have encountered another ...

A significant development in Syria has left a foreign military force struggling to evacuate its assets. Following a recent ...

Despite its ambitions to relocate military assets from Syria to Libya following Assad's fall, Russia faces significant ...

Poet, author and translator Maya Dimerli was born in Odessa, Ukraine. She is currently head of the ‘Odessa UNESCO City of ...

A new independent report says that U.S. airbases have been left worryingly vulnerable, especially in the Indo-Pacific region, ...

Syria's new central bank governor, Maysaa Sabreen, said she wants to boost the institution's independence over monetary policy decisions, in what would be a sea change from the heavy control ...

In the press conference, Putin also blamed the ouster of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad on Iran. Assad was an ally of Russia and is now living in exile there. Putin said he planned to meet with ...

With the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, the Syrian Civil Defense deployed to cities where the rescue organization ...