Putin Dealt Double Blow in Africa After Syria Retreat
Two African states are frustrating Moscow's efforts to establish a stronger military presence in the continent following the fall of Assad.
Putin has been conspicuously silent about Syria since the collapse of Assad's rule
Vladimir Putin has been conspicuously silent about Syria since the end of Bashir Assad's rule. Analysts say it points to weakness and a need for a win.
How Putin’s friends plundered Syria before fleeing the country
When his Russian bosses and the mercenaries protecting them finally left, Homam Kasouha walked into the plant’s head office and did something he had yearned to do for years.
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Putin wants to maintain military bases in Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday reaffirmed his country's interest in maintaining its military bases in Syria even after the ousting of Bashar al-Assad. Discussions must be held with those forces that are now in control of the country,
Putin sees no defeat for Russia in Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin does not see the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad as a defeat for his country's military, which has been stationed there since 2015. "They want to pass off the events in Syria as a defeat for Russia.
Russia’s Abrupt Setback in Syria Creates Headaches for Putin
Losing Syrian military bases would hurt the Kremlin’s attempts to project power in the Middle East and Africa.
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 Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Putin Glosses Over Russian Setbacks, Including Syria
The Russian president, in a marathon annual news conference, said that he had not yet met with Bashar al-Assad, the ousted Syrian leader who fled to Moscow, but that he planned to.
Assad’s fall in Syria opens a window to find and free Austin Tice
The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has led to the freeing of tens of thousands of prisoners from the country’s brutal and byzantine prison system. Desperate family members continue to search for many more people who went missing since repression of an anti-government uprising triggered a horrific civil war in 2011.
Putin promises to ask Assad about whereabouts of American journalist Austin Tice
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would enquire about the whereabouts of Austin Tice, the American journalist missing in Syria, while responding to a question from an NBC correspondent at his lengthy end-of-year press conference.
After Syria, Putin Needs to Win in Ukraine More Than Ever
In abandoning Syria’s Bashar-al Assad, Vladimir Putin showed where his interests really lie, Alexandra Vacroux writes in a guest commentary.
Putin ‘promises’ to ask Assad for help in finding Austin Tice following letter from mother
Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to ask former Syrian President Assad for help in obtaining information on American journalist Austin Tice after he was taken prisoner 12 years ago.