During the Cold War, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. tried to fashion client states in their own image. The Soviets were better at it.
The air base at Khmeimim and the naval installation at Tartus had become synonymous with Russia’s intervention in Syria....
Washington’s main ally warned that a power vacuum was leading to attacks on the group by Turkish-backed rebels....
With Moscow’s money, attention and ammunition focused on its conflict with Ukraine, the Kremlin’s global power projects are in a state of slow decay....
The president-elect told the French and Ukrainian leaders that he would want European troops to be present in Ukraine....
The spy unit that arrested a Wall Street Journal reporter is leading the biggest campaign of internal repression since the Stalin era....
Beijing is brandishing an expanded arsenal of countermeasures as President-elect Donald Trump threatens across-the-board tariffs on Chinese-made goods....
The U.S., Turkey and Israel are all pursuing long-held ambitions in the country after Assad’s ouster weakened Iranian and Russian influence....
A company with links to the United Arab Emirates has deployed contractors to support the rebel Rapid Support Forces....
A warlord ordered the slaying of elderly slum residents he suspected of giving his son a severe illness through witchcraft, the U.N. and human-rights groups said....
Moscow fired four times as many drones and missiles this fall as it did the previous year, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis....
Bashar al-Assad called for help from Russia, Iran and his own military in his last hours as Syria’s leader, learning he had run out of allies and loyalty....
Rebel fighters seized Damascus and deposed President Assad, taking a more than decade-old conflict into a new phase....
Winners and losers have already emerged, Turkey gained, Russia and Iran lost sway—but the gains and losses could prove illusory....
Cyber and energy security are priorities for the alliance’s new leader, as member nations share more intelligence to protect critical infrastructure....
Foreign powers are scrambling to secure their interests as President Bashar al-Assad faces his most precarious position in more than a decade of civil war....
Moscow’s support for the Assad regime has helped it project power throughout the region....
The Gothic masterpiece reopened to a world buffeted by war and economic uncertainty, five years after a fire nearly destroyed it....
Facing the collapse of his rule, President Bashar al-Assad sought help from his backers in Russia and Iran. He came away empty-handed....
The presidential election was canceled after the government accused Moscow of a TikTok campaign to propel a pro-Kremlin candidate to the fore....
The loss of Homs would cut the regime in Damascus off from its coastal heartland and Russian military bases....
A report warns that public debate in Iran over deterrence risks “emboldening” nuclear weapons advocates there....
The Covid-19 pandemic led to a surge in abandoned crews, then sanctions on Russia caused another increase....
Middle East watchers say the best hope for Israel is that two of its enemies weaken but don’t destroy each other....
A top Zelensky aide has arrived in Washington in the midst of uncertainty over the president-elect’s intentions....
After his 100% tariffs warning to Brics nations, some economists say the president-elect risks accelerating the pursuit of alternatives to the greenback....
In a shift, the Ukrainian president indicates he would accept a cease-fire with Russia if his country obtains NATO membership....
The strikes come as President Bashar al-Assad’s government moved to repel rebels who took control of the city in a recent lightning offensive....
A series of top-level diplomatic maneuvers preserved France’s pivotal role in monitoring the cease-fire....
A U.S. destroyer can fire dozens of cruise missiles within minutes, but reloading back in port can take two months. In a war against China, that could be a fatal weakness. ...
Airstrikes aim to weaken supply lines feeding a resurgent Islamist rebel movement....
