With S-400s Out, Russia’s Days Of Controlling Syria’s Airspace Are Over
The transfer marks the end of an era when Russia played an arguably oversized role in determining which countries could ...
Time17d
Syria Could Be the Beginning of the End of Russia’s Imperial Ambitions
He was a top-level envoy with Henry Kissinger during the shuttle diplomacy in the Mideast with frequent negotiations with ...
Putin Stays Silent on Syria, With Russia’s Future There in Question
In an hourlong televised meeting with his top military brass, Vladimir Putin left Syria unmentioned and made it clear that ...
Stars and Stripes11d
Russia’s setbacks in Syria primed to benefit US Navy in Mediterranean and beyond
It’s uncertain how much success Russia is having while negotiating with Syria’s dominant forces to retain its naval and air ...
Newsweek10d
Satellite Images Show Russian Air Base in Syria 'Vacated'
ISW, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, said at the time: "Russia is likely evacuating forces from its two main bases in Syria while negotiations are ongoing with new Syrian authorities as the ...
Turkey and Russia engage in delicate maneuvers over Syria after Assad’s downfall
The rapid downfall of Syrian leader Bashar Assad has touched off a new round of delicate geopolitical maneuvering between ...
Trump Says We Should Leave Syria Alone. He’s Not Wrong.
After Washington sagely avoided deep entanglement in the country for decades, U.S. policy after 2011 – when the uprising to ...
Assad dispatched $250mn of Syria’s cash to Moscow
Bashar al-Assad’s central bank airlifted around $250mn in cash to Moscow in a two-year period when the then-Syrian dictator ...
Putin says he’s ‘ready’ for potential talks with Trump during year-end news conference
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he had not spoken to US President-elect Donald Trump in over four years, but ...
Yahoo17d
Syria Could Be the Beginning of the End of Russia’s Ambitions
Vladmir Putin is running out of time with his crumbling economy ... authoritarian regime long-supported by Russia and Iran. Both countries have used Syria as a strategic regional outpost in ...