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 ...
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 president-elect claimed Russia is in a "weakened state" due to the Ukraine conflict and urged Putin to negotiate.
SMUGGLING tyrant Bashar al-Assad out of Syria could have involved body doubles and decoy helicopters. As rebels swept in, Russian spies extracted the dictator out of the country after Vladimir ...
The former president “is secured, and it shows that Russia acts as required in such an extraordinary situation,” Sergei ...
Vladimir Putin has been dealt a significant geopolitical blow with the downfall of Bashar al-Assad, whose regime in Syria the ...
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Does Assad’s exile in Moscow mean Putin’s days are numbered?Recommended Letters: Syria doesn’t have to become a jihadi hellhole After Assad, can the Kurds survive in Syria? The West must stop Syria from becoming a failed state This was the argument Vladimir ...
Rebel forces in Syria captured the capital Damascus and toppled the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick ...
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