The US has eased sanctions on Syria, resulting in the delisting of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and various Russian entities tied to ...

The war in Ukraine, now dragging into its third year, is doing more than bleeding Russian soldiers. It is draining the trust ...

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Six months since the collapse of the Assad regime, the Russian military presence in Syria has remained entrenched in strategic locations such as the Hmeimim airbase and Tartous port on the coast, as ...

The oligarch is the former head of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) and President of Kalmykia Republic, and had been sanctioned since 2015 for support for the former Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad.

The possibility of another war in the Middle East has sucked attention, energy and resources away from Ukraine.

Following the Israel-Iran conflict, Russia's apparent inaction shouldn't be misconstrued as weakness. Putin prioritizes ...

The war between Israel and Iran has brought only short-term gains for Russia. Looking to the longer term, we see much bigger ...

Syria’s return to oil exports after the fall of the Assad regime is seen by many as a sign that Iran’s Shia Crescent of ...

A busted portrait of a busted dictator: A photo of Bashar al-Assad in a facility formerly part of the Assad regime’s Political Security Branch on the outskirts of Hama, following the capture of the ...

By bna Cairo Bureau US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on June 30 formally ending US sanctions on Syria, ...