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Either maintaining Russia’s military bases in Syria or finding an alternative outpost in the Mediterranean will prove ...

After Gabbard faced a public questioning, the Senate Intelligence Committee voted to send her to a full Senate vote for ...

When Senator Lindsay Graham, a critic of Tulsi Gabbard, who is tied with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the most endangered ...

Vladimir Putin is still struggling to re-assert himself in the Middle East after the fall of his ally Bashar al-Assad’s regime, according to the UK. The Russian president helped to prop up the ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted his Iranian counterpart ... Russia and Iran pooled efforts to shore up Bashar Assad's government against Turkey-backed rebels seeking ...

Vladimir Putin, then prime minister ... makes the point that when Putin supported Bashar al-Assad and chemical weapons were used in Syria, [Barack] Obama backed down from his supposed red line ...

Rebels swept into Damascus in December, forcing Assad to flee to Moscow under the protection of Russian President Vladimir Putin. BASHAR al-Assad’s 24-year rule came to an abrupt end in December ...

President Vladimir Putin of Russia appalled the world ... it couldn’t even prop up a valued client like the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria. Meanwhile, Ukraine stands strong and defiant ...