Putin's military might was pivotal for Bashar al-Assad, unleashing catastrophic air raids on both rebels and civilian localities. Former MI6 chief Sir Alex Younger, who led the intelligence ...

Vladimir Putin met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Moscow, according to a Thursday morning Kremlin announcement. Putin told Assad he wanted the Syrian leader's opinion on the situation in ...

Vladimir Putin offering refuge to ex-Syrian tyrant Bashar al-Assad in Moscow is undermining Russia’s talks to keep its forces in the wartorn country, according to British defence chiefs. They ...

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 ...

One by one, old allies are slipping away from Russia’s side. The war in Ukraine, now dragging into its third year, is doing ...

The UAE’s interventionist foreign policy, backing Assad in Syria and the RSF in Sudan, has backfired, damaging its global ...

The possibility of another war in the Middle East has sucked attention, energy and resources away from Ukraine.

Washington's move follows the lifting of sanctions on Damascus after the ouster of the al-Assad government in December in a ...

It was unclear, however, what Russia might do to support Iran. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Certainly the Kremlin could do without the weakening and potential loss of another despotic ally in the Middle East. Putin’s ...

THE consensus after Israel’s 12-day war with Iran seems to be that it ended in humiliation – not just for the Islamic ...