As President Biden prepares to leave office, he has sought to take credit for the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria. That may or may not be justified, but Biden is grasping for anything in the world for which he can claim credit. He leaves behind a remarkably weak foreign policy record.

Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad were allegedly communicating before rebels took over the Syrian government in December.

From Donald Trump being shot at a campaign rally to Bashar al-Assad's shock overthrow, Newsweek writers on the moment of 2024: plus have your say. "I believe there will be violent fighting ...

While Russian ally Bashar al-Assad was being toppled by rebels in Syria, another friend of Moscow, President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, was being chaperoned by Kremlin-backed mercenaries in the conflict-ridden Central African Republic (CAR),

The Kremlin has dismissed previous Western claims that Russia sponsored acts of sabotage and attacks in Europe

The incoming defense secretary will face several challenges, including the war in Ukraine and the turmoil in the Middle East.

Syria, a country in Southwest Asia on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, was deeply affected by the Arab Spring protests that swept through many nations in the Middle East and North Africa in 2010 and 2011. These were anti-regime, pro-democracy ...

The recent overthrow of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad has had massive geopolitical implications for the entirety of the Middle East. Assad, once a client of both the Shiite Muslim, ethnically Persian-led Islamic Republic of Iran as well as the Russian Federation,

Syria's new authorities have detained an Egyptian Islamist militant who fought against Bashar al-Assad's rule over threats he made to the government in Cairo, a Syrian interior ministry source and ...

Moscow plotted terror attacks on airlines around world, Poland PM Tusk claims - The Kremlin has dismissed previous Western claims that Russia sponsored acts of sabotage and attacks in Europe