The surrender of the Kurds in Syria: why does it threaten the southern borders of Russia?

EADaily, January 19th, 2026. The Kurds in Syria have capitulated. The terms of the agreement with the Islamists with the ...
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Explainer-How Syria's government has redrawn map with advances against the Kurds

Jan 21 (Reuters) - The Syrian government has seized swathes of northern and eastern Syria from Kurdish forces, consolidating President Ahmed al-Sharaa's rule nearly 14 months after Bashar al-Assad was ...
Forbes

Russia Retains Strategic Syria Bases Amidst Renewed Violence

Russian servicemen stand at the Russian Hmeimim military base in Latakia province, in the northwest of Syria, on December 16, 2015. Russia began its air war in Syria on September 30, conducting air ...
Newsweek

Map Tracks U.S. Sanctioned Russian Oil Tanker to Syria

Russia has shipped diesel cargo to Syria aboard a tanker that is under U.S. sanctions, marking the first known such direct supply to the Middle Eastern country in over a decade. The Barbados-flagged ...