Russia and Turkey – allies and enemies at the same time – used the US’ “absence” from the Middle East to increase their influence in the region. America’s...
Russia and Turkey hold in their hands the fate of the strategically important northern Syrian town of Ain Issa, nominally controlled by the Kurdish-dominated...
Ever since Vladimir Putin came to power in 1999, Russia has steadily lost influence in neighboring countries such as Ukraine and Georgia, and as far away as...