Bashar al-Assad was the 19th president of Syria, entering office in 2000 succeeding his father Hafez al-Assad as the country's leader and as head of the Ba'ath Party. He was ousted in December 2024 by ...

Russia has not abandoned the game in the Middle East, and many countries in the region still have reasons to expand ties with ...

Assad's regime in Syria, Moscow is not going beyond statements of circumstance on what is happening in Venezuela and Iran, two historic allies. The K ...

If we are serious about peace, America must think beyond nightly crescendos of destruction and the headlines of seizing ...

Don't say that you have a solution. You are not a decision-maker and have no right to steal the spotlight or praise. Your fate is to remain in the shadows and for others to take credit for your work.

A Kurdish force that helped defeat the Islamic State is collapsing as the Trump administration turns to back the new Syrian ...

Russia first deployed troops to Qamishli in 2019, sending a relatively small contingent compared with those at its Khmeimim air base and the naval facility at Tartus. Both Khmeimim and Tartus are ...

On Thursday, President Trump warned Iran that a US naval “armada” was heading toward the Gulf. Russia’s MFA, meanwhile, has ...

The Trump administration’s rapid dismantling of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on the back of President Ahmed ...

By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Wednesday that its forces have ...

Foreign policy under Keir Starmer underlines the historical limits of idealism in the British approach to matters abroad.

Still, Moscow’s celebrations remain muted. Official Kremlin reactions have been cautious, even critical. Spokesman Dmitry ...