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December 12, 2024

The Fall of Assad Is a Blow to Russia’s Imperial Ambitions

Its effects will be felt from Ukraine to Niger.

While the implications of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s victory for the West remain to be seen, they are unambiguously bad for Russia. The Kremlin has invested considerable resources in propping up Bashar al-Assad, and Syria’s Latakia port and various airbases were its most important overseas military assets. Zineb Riboua explains the far-reaching consequences:

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December 12, 2024

  1. Will Syria’s New Government Support Hamas?

    How the West should approach rulers who mourned the death of Yahya Sinwar.

  2. The Fall of Assad Is a Blow to Russia’s Imperial Ambitions

    Its effects will be felt from Ukraine to Niger.

  3. A Soviet-Jewish Writer’s Post-Stalin Novel

    Ilya Ehrenburg, “Stalin’s favorite Jew.”

  4. The Pope Pays Homage to Baby Jesus Swaddled in a Keffiyeh, and Then Changes Course

    Nativity of Bethlehem 2024.

  5. When Kabbalah Came to the Masses

    The printing press and Jewish mysticism.