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Ukraine is pledging support for the new authorities in Syria, which was once a key Russian ally in the Mideast.

Ukraine on Wednesday halted Russian gas supplies to European customers through its pipeline network after a prewar transit deal expired at the end of 2024 and almost three years into Moscow’s all-out ...

Russian natural gas had kept flowing through the country’s pipeline network to Europe under a five-year agreement — even ...

the "Turkish Stream" through Turkey and the smaller Balkan route through Serbia, and increased LNG exports. But, most importantly, I expect Russia to seek to replace this income through what I call ...

In the absence of decisive action from international actors, Syria is poised to descend further into crisis, as Afghanistan ...

Russia’s abandonment of the Assad regime to marshal more resources for the fight against Ukraine vividly illustrates that ...

Ukraine on Wednesday halted Russian gas supplies to European customers through its pipeline network after a prewar transit deal expired at the end of last year.