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As reported by the BBC, Russia has lost over 500 soldiers in Syria since 2015, most of whom are members of the Wagner Group. When the rebels overthrew Bashar al-Assad's government, the dictator ...

After Russia’s military intervention in Syria in late 2015 to rescue Assad, Russian companies (along with the paramilitary group Wagner, now rebranded as AfricaCorp) gained access to Syria’s ...

Since Assad’s fall in the first week of December, Israel has destroyed a large proportion of Syria’s strategic stock of ...

The late Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner mercenary force has been accused of plotting attacks against Western ...

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Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Outside West and Central Africa, Russia is bolstering its presence in the continent’s north, where Wagner forces back eastern ...

Two Russian vessels, Sparta and Sparta II, have docked in Tartus, Syria, raising concerns over military logistics amid recent ...

adding that losing Syria would "make Putin not just look weak, but look unreliable to many African countries that rely today on Wagner." Iran's network of proxies Syria also provides Iran with ...

Washington needs a plan to create conditions for future U.S. investment to stabilize Syria — and to make sure Russia doesn’t regain a foothold.