What the fall of Assad says about Putin’s ambitions for Russia’s great-power status
Russia’s position in the Middle East now is in peril. Moscow has lost a key ally in Assad. Its other main allies, Iran and Hezbollah, are significantly weakened. Israel and Turkey, with whom the Kremlin has not had easy relations over the past few years, have been strengthened.
Though reluctantly given sanctuary by an exasperated Putin, fallen dictator Bashar Assad may yet be leveraged in Russia's ...
Syrians are now roaming through Assad’s abandoned presidential palace in Damascus, much as Ukrainians were able to visit the ...
For many Russians, this may mark the high point of Putin’s presidency. The memory of those glory days was, nonetheless, ...
The president-elect claimed Russia is in a "weakened state" due to the Ukraine conflict and urged Putin to negotiate.
The Kremlin’s failure to prevent Bashar Assad’s swift downfall in Syria has exposed the limits of Russia’s power and dented ...
Vladimir Putin has lost his key anchor of influence in the Middle East with the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime, but he seemingly knew it was coming and was chatting with new players in the region ...
Vladimir Putin has been dealt a significant geopolitical blow with the downfall of Bashar al-Assad, whose regime in Syria the ...
Russian president Vladimir Putin’s decision, taken at Iran’s behest, to intervene militarily in Syria helped to turn the ...
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Jolani Offers Putin a Chance to Rebuild Ties with Syria; First Direct, Shocking Message to MoscowJulani, the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), has sent his first direct message to Russian President Vladimir Putin, ...
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