The fall of Syria's dictator Bashar al-Assad marks a significant defeat for Putin. The group of dictators he supported must ...

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Though reluctantly given sanctuary by an exasperated Putin, fallen dictator Bashar Assad may yet be leveraged in Russia's ...

Vladimir Putin has been dealt a significant geopolitical blow with the downfall of Bashar al-Assad, whose regime in Syria the ...

Russian troops retreating from Syria were stuck on the road for two hours after their armoured vehicle got a flat tyre, it ...

We shouldn’t rescue Putin in Ukraine. After his debacle in Syria, a decisive blow can now be dealt to his imperial ambitions.

Rebel forces in Syria captured the capital Damascus and toppled the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick ...

Reports say troops and equipment were being flown out of Russia’s Khmeimim Air Base in Syria’s Latakia province ...

Military and political analysts said winning the war in Ukraine has become an all-encompassing goal for Mr. Putin. That outcome, they said, would justify to the Russian leader the conflict’s ...

President Joe Biden says the sudden collapse of the Syrian government under Bashar Assad is a “fundamental act of justice” ...

Syrian Dictator Bashar al-Assad has fled his country as rebels marched into the capital city Damascus late Saturday. The ...

The president-elect claimed Russia is in a "weakened state" due to the Ukraine conflict and urged Putin to negotiate.