Russia enters 2025 at a crossroads in a post-Assad Middle East - analysis
Having lost it's Syrian ally in the former Assad regime, Russia is shifting forces from Syria to other places.
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with the Ministry of Defence leadership, representatives of the defense industry and missile systems developers, in Moscow, Russia November 22, 2024. (photo credit: Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via Reuters)BySETH J. FRANTZMANUpdated: