Assad has fled to Moscow, Iran has withdrawn from Syria and abandoned its mercenaries, and Russia’s remaining soldiers are isolated in the Assadist strongholds of Latakia and Tartus — where its

KIRILL MOROZOV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Turkey and Hungary said Friday that they had received waivers on gas payments to Russia after the United States imposed sanctions on Gazprombank last month over Moscow's war with Ukraine. The exemptions remove a ...

The rapid downfall of Syrian leader Bashar Assad has touched off a new round of delicate geopolitical maneuvering between Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan. With the dust ...

The Syrian regime’s collapse came more quickly than the rebels had dreamed — the circumstances were both serendipitous and part of a larger global realignment.

Turkey has received an exemption for gas payments to Russia after the United States imposed sanctions on Gazprombank, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Friday in response to a question from Reuters.

The Kremlin on Monday denied that the British-born wife of Bashar al-Assad, the deposed Syrian president, wanted a divorce and to leave Russia...

China, which has made some solid investments in Syria in order to strengthen its position in the Middle East, now seems battered. Beijing will have to reevaluate its support to Iran and Russia in the

At the end of 2024, the top 5 most popular foreign destinations for Russians included Turkey, Egypt, UAE, Thailand, and China, with trips to these countries accounting for nearly 85% of sales

For much of the past decade, Assad’s regime, bolstered by unwavering support from Iran and Russia, brutally suppressed dissent. What began as an uprising in 2011 evolved into a devastating civil war that eventually settled into an uneasy stalemate.