Russia is likely to lose its Tartus naval base in Syria, undermining its Mediterranean presence, global influence, and naval reach.
Syria
President-elect Donald Trump calls on the U.S. to avoid involvement in Syria, stating that the conflict is not America’s fight.
Iran’s will to win the Middle East wars stems from a strategic culture of “us against the world,” forged in the cauldron that followed the 1979 revolution.
Much of the international community falsely assumed that a Syrian victory in Idlib would create a fait accompli that Turkey would accept.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is at odds with just about everybody.