Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on the screen of a television camera during his visit to the new studio complex Russia Today in June 2013.
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A Russian media expert spent the weekend consuming Russian coverage of America’s response to the chemical attacks in Syria.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is welcomed by US Ambassador to Russia John Tefft.
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US-Russia relations have hit their roughest patch since the Cold War. What’s in store for the Trump administration’s first official visit to Moscow?
EPA/Ford Williams
Trump’s attack on Assad’s air force was opportunist and reckless. It was also long overdue.
President Donald Trump after speaking at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.
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Are Trump’s missile strikes against Syria constitutional? An expert on Congress and foreign policy provides a brief history of how the separation of war powers has blurred over time.
Cruise missile strike against Syria on April 7, 2017.
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Was this a one-off intervention – or a sign that Trump will undertake more of an effort to undermine the Assad regime?
Trump boards Air Force One on April 6, 2017.
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‘America First’ apparently doesn’t mean a step away from playing the world’s policeman – and three more things to note about U.S. airstrikes on Syria.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley.
REUTERS/Mike Segar
A former US diplomat explains why some programs may make sense to cut, while others are crucial to America’s moral standing.
EPA/Mohammed Badra
The individual most directly responsible for a colossal humanitarian crisis is still in power – and might be for some time.
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By following these three lessons, Homs can re-emerge from the Syrian conflict an even greater city than before.
Yousseff Badawi
A Syrian architect reveals what makes her home town so special – and how locals can rebuild it.
The Syrian Democratic Forces were excluded from the latest round of peace talks.
Rodi Said/Reuters
Although the uprising in Syria will mark its sixth anniversary this month, the Syrian war has far from run its course.
It all depends on him.
EPA/Sedat Suna
Four major powers are dancing around each other in Syria – and the Kurds could end up as the kingmakers.
Is Putin the new power broker in the Middle East?
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Russia has managed to regain, at least in part, its role as a powerful interlocutor in the Middle East, which it lost after the fall of the Soviet Union.
A Turkish soldier watches the border line between Turkey and Syria near the southeastern village of Besarslan, in Hatay province, Turkey.
Umit Bektas/Reuters
Caught out by the side effects of the Syrian civil war and deteriorating relations with the EU and the US, Turkey now appears to be in search of South-South cooperation.
Five-year-old Syrian refugee Leen works on her homework in Sacramento in November 2015.
REUTERS/Max Whittaker
Ban or no ban, finding a Syrian refugee in the U.S. isn’t easy.
Syrian children remove rubble Aleppo, Syria.
AP Photo/Hassan Ammar
This roundup from our archives explains some of the major conflicts unfolding in the seven countries singled out by Trump’s executive order.
Reuters
As the Trump era begins, Australian are having an overdue debate about the need for greater self-reliance at a time when American power may be receding.
Bashar al-Assad, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Bashar al-Assad, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan have a long history as leaders of their countries and players in the Syrian war.
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More than five years into a catastrophic, multi-sided war of attrition, a new order for Syria is coming into view.
Vladimir Putin has developed populism across many fields, from his own image to Russian sport and media.
Kremlin Press office
Understanding the populism of the Putin government is more urgent than ever as Russia plays a major geopolitical role in the Middle-Eastern balance.