Bashar al-Assad was the 19th president of Syria, entering office in 2000 succeeding his father Hafez al-Assad as the country's leader and as head of the Ba'ath Party. He was ousted in December 2024 by ...

Russia has not abandoned the game in the Middle East, and many countries in the region still have reasons to expand ties with ...

The threats from United States President Donald Trump to interfere in the Iranian protests are “categorically unacceptable”, ...

If we are serious about peace, America must think beyond nightly crescendos of destruction and the headlines of seizing ...

The Russian president has been unable to protect his allies in Venezuela and Iran from an unexpectedly belligerent U.S.

Assad's regime in Syria, Moscow is not going beyond statements of circumstance on what is happening in Venezuela and Iran, two historic allies. The K ...

A Kurdish force that helped defeat the Islamic State is collapsing as the Trump administration turns to back the new Syrian ...

On Thursday, President Trump warned Iran that a US naval “armada” was heading toward the Gulf. Russia’s MFA, meanwhile, has ...

For the Russian leader, courting President Trump to secure a favorable resolution in Ukraine, and possibly more, is far more important.

Russia is already perceived as an unreliable ally; there is no trust in it. Putin has repeatedly shown that he can violate ...

Foreign policy under Keir Starmer underlines the historical limits of idealism in the British approach to matters abroad.

By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Wednesday that its forces have ...