Will Syria’s Ghouta survive the long proxy war?
The Damascus suburb of Ghouta has developed into a rebel stronghold preventing the regime, Iran, and Russia from…
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Identical statues to Russia’s “Wagner” mercenaries erected in Syria, occupied Donbas
A statue identical to the one to Russian mercenaries in Syria which surfaced in January has now popped up…
Terrorist threat to Crimea: Russian ties to the Islamic State
Rabbi Abraham Shmulevich, president of the Institute of Eastern Partnership (Israel) evaluates the accuracy of this report and…
“Russia Now Leading Source of ISIS Fighters” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Even direct costs of Putin’s aggression unsustainable, Pashkov says
The indirect costs of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and annexation of Crimea as well as his military…
Russia and its authoritarian friends lag increasingly behind its free enemies, Illarionov says
Not only are the countries Russians identify as friendly more likely to be authoritarian and poor than those…
Moscow planning to send 60,000 Muslim troops to Syria, Saudi newspaper says
Citing unnamed “informed sources,” a Saudi newspaper says that “Russia has prepared approximately 60,000” predominantly Sunni Muslim soldiers…
How the head of PACE became Putin’s lackey
After visiting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad together with a delegation of Russian deputies, Pedro Agramunt, the president of…
‘Spetsnaz of the USSR’ – the new Russian irregulars in Syria now fighting for Assad
The Syrian military does not have enough personnel to simultaneously launch major attacks, suppress militants, and garrison cities…
Ukraine and the US-Russia confrontation
Europe now wants to keep Russia and the United States from a military conflict in the Middle East…
Poll reveals one-third of our readers would sue Russia for Crimea annexation
The UN International Court of Justice in The Hague held hearings on Ukraine's case against Russia; a court…
Putin now fears a threat he helped create – 4,000 Russian citizens fighting for ISIS
Vladimir Putin told Russian military leaders yesterday that Moscow now estimates that there are some 4,000 Russian citizens…
Russia’s interest in Libya
While US President Donald Trump is doing its best to prove that Russia is going to become a…
Putin conducts his foreign policy like a special op, Melnikov says
Vladimir Putin is conducting his foreign policy like the special op of an intelligence service, reflecting both his…
Russians dream of “Syrian scenario” for Ukraine — Russian analyst
Russian political analyst Andrei Piontkovsky, who has been forced to leave Russia, discussed possible scenarios for a "Syrian…
Russia learned in Aleppo what to do with Ukrainian cities, Moscow TV host says
Most people have been horrified by what Russian and Syrian forces did in Aleppo even if they accept…
Ten types of Russian weapons didn’t work well in Syria, the Russian defense minister says
Russian forces demonstrated their prowess in the destruction of the opponents of the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad,…
Putin’s ‘achievement’ in Syria: now Russians the target for Muslim anger, Portnikov says
The murder of the Russian ambassador to Türkiye is the first victim of the hatred of Russia and…
Putin’s Syrian campaign a truly ‘Orwellian one,’ Kalashnikov says
Vladimir Putin’s military campaign in Syria, Moscow commentator Maxim Kalashnikov says, is “Orwellian in the purest way, completely…
A “once-upon-a-time” fable about Ukraine, Putin and Europe
Once upon a time there was a young girl called Ukraine. She was young, beautiful and had a…