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New Delhi: Syria’s future hinges on uncertainty after the abrupt fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Once thought unassailable, Assad’s rule collapsed under the pressure of a rapid offensive led by a group called Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), formerly known as the Al-Nusra Front affiliated with terror group Al-Qaeda, and allied factions. Bashar al-Assad came…
Moscow: The five decades of Baath rule in Syria ended on Sunday as Islamist-led rebels declared that they had taken Damascus, sending President Bashar al-Assad fleeing. The lightning offensive left global stakeholders to reckon with the geopolitical impact of Syria’s fall on ongoing conflicts including the Russia-Ukraine war. After President Assad’s alleged departure, Ukraine said…
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy | Photo Credit: AP Denmark has delivered a second batch of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday as he traveled to Paris to meet with top politicians and dignitaries. In a message on Telegram, Zelenskyy praised Denmark and lamented a lack of dedication from other allies. “The…
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File picture of Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in an interview broadcast on Thursday (December 6, 2024), said the use of a hypersonic missile in the Ukraine war sought to make the West understand that Moscow was ready to use any means to ensure no “strategic…
Moscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday said he hopes the West took “seriously” Moscow’s recent use of a hypersonic missile in Ukraine, and warned that Russia was ready to use “any means” to defend itself. The United States and its allies “must understand that we would be ready to use any means not…
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Four months after Ukraine’s offensive on the Russian region of Kursk, text messages from soldiers the BBC has been receiving, paints a bleak picture. The soldiers are encumbered with fatigue and strained with sleeplessness because of terrifying 3,000 kg glide bombs. And now, as the winter stings, the only silver lining they can see amidst…
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CEO of VTB bank Andrei Kostin. File photo | Photo Credit: REUTERS The next U.S. administration may make an effort to ease tensions with Moscow but Western sanctions are unlikely to be lifted any time soon, Andrei Kostin, the CEO of Russia’s second-largest bank, VTB, has said. Mr. Kostin, one of Russia’s most influential bankers…
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Representative image | Photo Credit: AP The U.S. is preparing to send Ukraine an additional $725 million in military assistance, including counter-drone systems and munitions for its High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, which could indicate more of the longer-range missiles are headed to the battlefield. Two U.S. officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity…
File picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin received by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. Putin is set to visit India in early 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI Russian President Vladimir Putin has received an invitation to visit India from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the dates for his visit will be set in…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky. File | Photo Credit: AFP Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Friday (November 30, 2024) for N.A.T.O. to offer guaranteed protections to parts of Ukraine controlled by Kyiv in order to “stop the hot stage of the war.” Mr. Zelensky also implied he would be willing to wait to regain the almost…