Kremlin seeks to quell Assad divorce reports

The Explainer Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez, ruled Syria for more than half a century but how did one family achieve and maintain power?

By The Week UK Published 22 December 24

Talking Point European countries rapidly froze asylum claims after Assad's fall but Syrian refugees may have reason not to rush home

By Richard Windsor, The Week UK Published 20 December 24

Multi-billion-dollar drug network sustained former Syrian regime

By Richard Windsor, The Week UK Published 19 December 24

Speed Read A remote-triggered bomb killed Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defense

By Peter Weber, The Week US Published 17 December 24

Today's Big Question Ukrainian security services are thought to be responsible for a string of high-profile deaths inside Russia

By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published 17 December 24

The Explainer The newly liberated Syria is in an incredibly precarious position, but it's too soon to succumb to defeatist gloom

By The Week UK Published 14 December 24

Speed Read Mark Rutte said Putin wants to 'wipe Ukraine off the map' and might come for other parts of Europe next

By Peter Weber, The Week US Published 13 December 24

Speed Read The rebel forces that ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad announced an interim government

By Peter Weber, The Week US Published 11 December 24