The rapid downfall of Syrian leader Bashar Assad has touched off a new round of delicate geopolitical maneuvering between Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan. With the dust still settling from the stunning events in Damascus,

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov emphasized Russia's openness to dialogue with Syria's new administration, while expressed understanding of Turkey's security concerns along its border.

The transfer marks the end of an era when Russia played an arguably oversized role in determining which countries could operate in Syria’s contested airspace.

Russia's friends — or frenemies — aren't all pariah states. Some of them enjoy good relations with the West, too.

Last Sunday, Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler held a meeting with media representatives during which he summed up the results of the outgoing year and spoke about the country's "multi-vector security policy aimed at maintaining peace and stability in the

Turkey has received an exemption for gas payments to Russia after the United States imposed sanctions on Gazprombank, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Friday in response to a question from Reuters.

The rapid downfall of Syrian leader Bashar Assad has touched off a new round of delicate geopolitical maneuvering between Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan. With the ...

The rapid downfall of Syrian leader Bashar Assad has touched off a new round of delicate geopolitical maneuvering between Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan. With the dust ...

Turkey and Russia Engage in Delicate Maneuvers Over Syria After Assad’s Downfall The rapid downfall of Syrian leader Bashar Assad has touched off a new round of delicate geopolitical maneuvering ...

Russia and Turkey backed opposing sides in Syria’s civil war that started in 2011, putting them on a collision course. Tensions spiraled when a Turkish fighter jet shot down a Russian warplane ...

With Bashar al-Assad gone, Turkish President Erdogan wants to position himself as de facto leader of the Sunni Muslim world. Israel, on the other hand, is clearly perturbed by the rise of rebel Islami

Syria was thus a status symbol for the Kremlin. Putin, who sees Russia as a "great power" on par with the United States and China, attaches much importance to projecting that image in the former Soviet bloc and,