The fall of Bashar Assad's regime in Syria has provided a unobstructed view of the torture and persecution inflicted on the ...

But the most consequential factor behind recent army collapses is external rather than internal: the loss of foreign patrons.

Uganda’s Idi Amin shocked the world with atrocities, then fled with his wives to a quiet middle-class life. The Philippines’ ...

Russia has abandoned its Tartus naval base in Syria since the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, satellite images have ...

Russia’s position in the Middle East now is in peril. Moscow has lost a key ally in Assad. Its other main allies, Iran and ...

Russia could lose key military bases in post-Assad Syria. It could cut a deal to renew access, its footprint may be reduced, or it may leave.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump criticized Ukraine's use of U.S.-supplied missiles for attacks deep into Russian territory in a Time magazine interview published on Thursday, comments that suggest ...

Assad’s fall nine years after Russia saved his regime is a stunning blow to Putin’s goal of forging Russia into a world power ...

The former deposed dictator will continue to enjoy luxury in one of the 22 apartments they bought in one of the richest ...

The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved resolutions demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and expressing ...

The Assad regime survived on violence and complicity. But to be sustainable in any authoritarian context, that violence ...

As Bashar Al-Assad retreats to Russia, Israel races to destroy military assets — wiping out Syria's air force, sinking its ...