What the fall of Assad says about Putin’s ambitions for Russia’s great-power status
Russia’s position in the Middle East now is in peril. Moscow has lost a key ally in Assad. Its other main allies, Iran and Hezbollah, are significantly weakened. Israel and Turkey, with whom the Kremlin has not had easy relations over the past few years, have been strengthened.
Syrians are now roaming through Assad’s abandoned presidential palace in Damascus, much as Ukrainians were able to visit the ...
For many Russians, this may mark the high point of Putin’s presidency. The memory of those glory days was, nonetheless, ...
The Kremlin’s failure to prevent Bashar Assad’s swift downfall in Syria has exposed the limits of Russia’s power and dented ...
The president-elect claimed Russia is in a "weakened state" due to the Ukraine conflict and urged Putin to negotiate.
Russia is providing sanctuary to Bashar al Assad, after the swift collapse of the Syrian leader's regime, Russia’s deputy ...
The Kremlin said on Monday President Vladimir Putin had made the decision to grant asylum in Russia to Bashar al-Assad, who ...
Vladimir Putin has been dealt a significant geopolitical blow with the downfall of Bashar al-Assad, whose regime in Syria the ...
The Kremlin’s failure to prevent Bashar Assad’s swift downfall in Syria has exposed the limits of Russia’s power and dented ...
After an 2011 uprising against Bashar Assad’s rule morphed into a civil war, Russia continued to be a key backer of Damascus, ...
Rebel forces in Syria captured the capital Damascus and toppled the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick ...
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