The international community recognizes that the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorship in Syria was a major strategic defeat for Russia. Many international observers note that another major loser from the regime change in Syria is Iran,

President Vladimir Putin says Russia has not been defeated in Syria after rebel groups ousted his ally and longtime leader, Bashar al-Assad, earlier this month. In his first public comments on the subject on Thursday,

Defence Intelligence of Ukraine has described reports that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been killed in a plane crash as disinformation. Source: Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) on Telegram Quote: "Bashar al-Assad's escape from Damascus was accompanied by reports that the Syrian dictator's Il-76T aircraft had disappeared from monitoring radars,

Russia had bolstered Assad's government by staging air strikes against opposition targets beginning in 2015 and had operated out of two bases on Syrian territory. But Moscow's 33-month-old invasion of Ukraine has sapped considerable military resources.

Military analysts had speculated that Moscow could escalate such attacks as a show of force after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, its ally.

With the fall of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, Vladimir V. Putin has suffered one of the biggest geopolitical setbacks of his quarter-century in power.

The world watches as a new kind of Syria emerges from the chaos after rebels ousted the Assad regime. Yet, it's impossible to talk

The world now knows the colors of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s parachute: the Russian tricolor ... “Putin has thrown Assad under the bus to prolong his war in Ukraine,” commented former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.

Donald Trump loomed large over European Union leaders on Thursday at their last summit before he reclaims power in the United States, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying only transatlantic unity can 'save' Ukraine.

The fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad underscores Russia’s weakness and inability to fight on two fronts, Ukraine’s foreign ministry said on Sunday. Russia had bolstered Assad’s ...

Donald Trump’s US presidential election win, the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, and the Paris Olympics were among the news events that marked 2024.