Venezuela, Iran and Syria are countries that Russian President Vladimir Putin has built up partnerships with during his many years in power, and they are now in deep crisis. Russia expert Martin Kragh says the fact that his friends in the international arena are losing power is a loss of prestige for Putin.
WorldVenezuela. Iran. Syria. Countries that Russian President Vladimir Putin has built partnerships with over his many years in power are in deep crisis. Russia expert Martin Kragh says it is a loss of prestige for Putin that his friends on the international stage are losing power.
WorldSyrian security forces are reported to have killed two people in connection with the dispersal of a protest that brought together members of the country's Alawite minority.
WorldLast year, Russian forces were said to be fleeing Syria more or less headlong. But now they are back. Military assets are being flown back into the Khmeimim base, a source confirmed to Bloomberg.
WorldHe ordered nerve gas against his own population – now he spends his days playing online games in a skyscraper in Moscow. Syria's deposed dictator Bashar al-Assad is living a good life under Vladimir Putin's protection, according to an investigation by the German Die Zeit.
WorldThe World Bank estimates that it will cost around 2,000 billion kronor to rebuild Syria after more than a decade of civil war. The billion amount corresponds to almost ten times the country's GDP for 2024.
WorldSyria is holding elections today for the first time since Bashar al-Assad's regime fell in December. But it's not a matter of a popular uprising: I don't know if we're supposed to vote, says a business owner in the capital Damascus.
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