Mr Sybiha said in his letter that an invitation to join NATO would remove one of Russia's main arguments for waging its war - namely, preventing Ukraine from becoming a member of the alliance. However, NATO allies are expected to sidestep Kyiv's call ...
Coverage: Reagan Defense Forum Webcast: The State of JADC2 Top 100 Defense Companies BySamuel Bendett May 24, 2021 An honor guard soldier stands at the Eternal Flame at the Kremlin wall in Moscow on Dec. 7, 2009. (Ivan Sekretarev/AP)...
Syria Reverses Roles for U.S. Allies ; A Decade after Iraq War, France Is Hawkish While Britain Is on SidelinesTen years after the Iraq war, it is France that is pressing formilitary action in Syria and...Erlanger, Steven
and its allies for weakening Syria’s backers — Russia, Iran and Hezbollah. He called the fall of Assad a “fundamental act of justice” but also a “moment of risk and uncertainty,” and said rebel groups are “saying the right things now” but the U.S. would assess their actions....
Secretary of Defense James Mattis, the Australian government has said it would consider working with Russia to get a desirable outcome in war-torn Syria. "Australia is willing to work with any nation that is willing to make a constructive contribution to the fight against (Islamic State)," ...
and its allies for weakening Syria’s backers — Russia, Iran and Hezbollah. He said “for the first time” that they could no longer defend Assad’s grip on power. “Our approach has shifted the balance of power in the Middle East,” Biden said, after a meeting with his national...
The swiftly moving events have raised questions about the future of the country and the wider region. Russia has requested an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council discuss the situation in Syria, Russia's first deputy permanent representative to the U.N., Dmitry Polyansky, posted on ...
Irbil, Iraq— America's allies in the Middle East have lauded the Biden administration for the brazen U.S. special forces raid in northern Syria last week that saw thetop leader of ISIS "taken off the battlefield."But as leaders and experts warn thatISISis trying to rebuild, a...
disintegration of the Syrian military did not leave Syria’s allies, Iran and Russia, sufficient time to intervene effectively on Assad’s behalf. The dramatic turn of events in Damascus dealt a severe blow to Iran’s regional influence after decades in which it had been allied with the Assad...
Neo-Eurasianists ruling the Kremlin are well aware of the importance and position of Syria in the geopolitical competition with transatlantic powers. In the early years of the collapse of the Eastern Bloc, the US-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization sought to encroach on Russia's security enviro...