Russia’s abandonment of the Assad regime to marshal more resources for the fight against Ukraine vividly illustrates that ...

Two African states are frustrating Moscow's efforts to establish a stronger military presence in the continent following the ...

Losing Syrian military bases would hurt the Kremlin’s attempts to project power in the Middle East and Africa.

It took Assad’s regime to fall and Putin to accept it meekly for the West to appreciate that things weren’t all that rosy in ...

She was once fawned over for her good looks and sharp mind, but is now seen as an accomplice to her husband’s cruelty. Claudia Cockerell on the fall of Syria’s first lady ...

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday there was no time left this year to sign a new Ukrainian gas transit deal, and laid ...

North Korean soldier ‘captured in Ukraine dies’ as Putin says open to peace talks - South Korea, Ukraine and the US ...

It was a year of wars, election surprises, royal health scares and the reign of new queens. Within this maelstrom, one ...

The sudden collapse of the long-established Assad family dictatorship in Syria changes the balance and constellation of ...

Since the fall of his regime, the Syrian dictator has joined family and relatives who were already in Russia. For years, the ...