The fact of the matter is, though, the Russo-Iranian alliance in the Middle East has been dealt a serious blow with the loss of Assad’s regime in Syria. That is now being made all the more evident by ...

Assad, the Russian-backed dictator of Syria, has led to Russia needing to evacuate its military contingent from the country.

The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, a long-standing ally of Russia, has upended the Kremlin’s strategy across ...

Russia’s apparent fast-tracking of plans to establish a military hub in Libya could worsen that country’s protracted conflict.

Russia is planning to ship some military equipment and weapons from the Tartus naval base in Syria to Libya, Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) claimed on Jan. 3. Rebels overthrew the Russia-backed ...

While it’s unclear what exact political path Syria will take, the dilemmas the country faces are similar to the experiences ...

The fall of Russian ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria has disrupted the Kremlin's strategy not only for the Mediterranean but also for Africa, pushing it to focus on Libya as a potential foothold ...

In the weeks since Bashar al-Assad was ousted as Syrian leader ... Now the conflict-riven North African nation of Libya is central to Russian efforts to project power into the Mediterranean.