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, ...
Vladimir Putin has lost his key anchor of influence in the Middle East with the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime, but he seemingly knew it was coming and was chatting with new players in the region ...
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.
The former president “is secured, and it shows that Russia acts as required in such an extraordinary situation,” Sergei ...
The Kremlin’s failure to prevent Bashar Assad’s swift downfall in Syria has exposed the limits of Russia’s power and dented ...
Rebel forces in Syria captured the capital Damascus and toppled the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick ...
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