Tag: Russia
The regime and Russia have overlapping and differing goals in their quest to re-conquer southern Syria. Russia wants to cement its role as a regional mediator, while the regime wants to quash any obstacles to ...
Syrian rebels have begun leaving the besieged district of Daraa al-Balad after a Russian-brokered truce halted fighting with Assad regime forces. Syrian rebels started leaving the southern province of Daraa on Tuesday as part of a ...
Russian leader Vladimir Putin says that Moscow had learned lessons from the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and would not interfere in the country after the Taliban takeover Putin said that Russia had ‘learnt lessons’ from ...
(AP) — Western nations headed to a likely Friday showdown with Russia over the delivery of humanitarian aid from Turkey to rebel-held northwest Syria, where the U.N. says 3.4 million people are in desperate need ...
Amnesty International has criticised Russia following a ‘compromise’ UN Security Council resolution on cross-border aid to Syria, saying Moscow was ‘playing political games with the lives and welfare of millions of people’. Aid groups repeatedly ...
(AP) — A surge of Taliban wins in northern Afghanistan has caused some countries to close their consulates in the region, while across the border in Tajikistan, reservists are being called up to reinforce the ...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia’s U.N. ambassador on Wednesday called a proposal to reopen a border crossing from Iraq to Syria’s northeast for delivering humanitarian aid “a non-starter.” He also refused to say what will ...
ANKARA (Reuters) – The United States has informed Turkey that two of its warships will pass through Turkish straits to be deployed in the Black Sea until May 4, Ankara said on Friday, as Russia ...
US President Joe Biden’s administration said it wants Turkey to renounce a major Russian missile defense system it controversially bought in 2019, holding the line set by Donald Trump’s government, which imposed rare sanctions on ...
As regional governments adjust to the new realities created by the Taliban’s return to power, China and Russia are bound to play increasingly important roles. At this moment, West Asia is in flux. Regional governments ...