Since the early hours of 8 December, when Assad left Damascus, a geopolitical game has been taking place. The former ruler's forces were defeated by the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ...
Russia’s abandonment of the Assad regime to marshal more resources for the fight against Ukraine vividly illustrates that ...
Samuel Ramani, an associate fellow at the RUSI think tank and the author of the book Russia in Africa, described the collapse ...
The visits came a day after Sharaa — also known by his nom de guerre, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani — met with Turkish Foreign ...
The transfer marks the end of an era when Russia played an arguably oversized role in determining which countries could ...
Two African states are frustrating Moscow's efforts to establish a stronger military presence in the continent following the ...
A cargo vessel, Sparta, sent by Russia to evacuate its military equipment and weaponry from Syria, has broken down on the way ...
Losing Syrian military bases would hurt the Kremlin’s attempts to project power in the Middle East and Africa.
Even with hopes running high, so much can go wrong when a country ousts a longtime dictator and tries to start anew ...
A military official at al-Khadim air base in eastern Libya said that a half-dozen Russian planes — some coming from Russia ...
After the fall of the Assad regime, Russian cargo planes flew equipment from Syria to bases Moscow controls in eastern Libya, ...
The country is deeply divided along religious and ethnic lines, which makes continuing violence one likely scenario.