Russia faces Libya setback, Syria challenge amid COVID-19 crisis
Russia is in a tight spot. Gone from its state media TASS are stories of its great military and diplomatic victories, replaced with the difficulties of the COVID-19 crisis.
TURKEY-BACKED Syrian rebel fighters walk through a field of flowers in Idlib’s southern countryside, in Syria in April(photo credit: KHALIL ASHAWI / REUTERS)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN