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 ...

The threats from United States President Donald Trump to interfere in the Iranian protests are “categorically unacceptable”, ...

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.

One of the Bolsheviks’ lesser-known revolutionary projects was the Persian Soviet Socialist Republic, which existed in ...

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

The Russian president has been unable to protect his allies in Venezuela and Iran from an unexpectedly belligerent U.S.

Russia is already perceived as an unreliable ally; there is no trust in it. Putin has repeatedly shown that he can violate ...

"Power is always right. And nothing can be done about it. If the authorities wanted not to close themselves in the kovid, they are right. Bludgeoned the rebels - it's right. Put in jail whoever it ...

For the Russian leader, courting President Trump to secure a favorable resolution in Ukraine, and possibly more, is far more important.