Map Shows Syria's Critical Role for Russia's Africa Operations
Russia potentially losing bases in Syria would significantly affect Russia's ability to operate in Africa, said the ISW think ...
Russia Pushed Assad to Flee Syria After Concluding He’d Lost War
With Syrian opposition forces advancing rapidly toward the capital, Damascus, President Bashar al-Assad’s fate lay in ...
Syria Could Be the Beginning of the End of Russia’s Imperial Ambitions
Our columnists write how the house of cards that Vladimir Putin has so carefully stacked is folding before our eyes ...
Opinion - Russia’s decline accelerates, thanks to Turkey and Israel in Syria
Assad has fled to Moscow, Iran has withdrawn from Syria and abandoned its mercenaries, and Russia’s remaining soldiers are ...
Fall of Syria's Bashar Assad is strategic blow to Iran and Russia, experts say
Analysts and commentators say the collapse of Syria's Bashar al-Assad's regime is likely to reshape the power dynamics in the ...
Bogged Down in Ukraine, Russia Pays a Price in Syria
With the fall of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, Vladimir V. Putin has suffered one of the biggest geopolitical setbacks ...
Fall of Assad puts Russia’s large military footprint in Syria at risk
The Russian military sites in Syria include a naval port on the Mediterranean Sea to berth submarines and an airfield to ...
How Russia Could Maintain a Foothold in Syria
Moscow can seek to preserve its most important assets in Syria through cooperation with an Alawite autonomous zone—if that ...
Here's what we're seeing Russia's warships and aircraft doing in new satellite images of Syria amid regime change
The sudden collapse of the Assad government has raised questions about the future of Russia's military footprint in Syria.
Assad gets asylum in Russia, rebels sweep through Syria
Thousands gathered, chanting "freedom" from Assad's rule.