Geopolitics abhors a power vacuum. One country’s loss is another’s gain, and the space left by Iran is being occupied, for ...

Behrouz Esbati said he partially blamed Russia for the fall of Assad's government, in a rare break from Iran's official line ...

Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad were allegedly communicating before rebels took over the Syrian government in December.

The construction of a sixth American military base in the city of Kobani is aimed at maintaining control over oil-rich ...

Assad’s fall has dealt it a painful blow after Russia fought for nine years to ... the live show was dominated by domestic issues, with journalists and ordinary citizens asking about soaring ...

Russia has suffered heavy losses in five months of fighting Ukrainian forces in its Kursk region, with nearly 15,000 of Vladimir Putin ’s troops killed, Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday. At such a ...

The media’s shocking lack of interest in US-British involvement in Syria means it has effectively been a secret war, argues IAN SINCLAIR ...

The new year could bring further chaos in the Middle East and an intensifying AI arms race – all under the shadow of a second ...

Fact Check: Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to ask Assad for help in locating missing journalist Austin Tice after ...

During a carefully choreographed annual press conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about Ukraine, Syria and U.S. president-elect Donald Trump.

Russia backed Assad and intervened directly in support ... as part of the renewed and urgent search for the American journalist. Asked by CNN if Carstens would travel on to Damascus, Miller ...

Russia was Assad's key backer and had swept to his aid ... "I assure you it is not," he said, responding to a question from an American journalist. "We came to Syria 10 years ago so that a ...