Jun 08, 2022 // Tajikistan is in trouble as it faces economic hardship and launches anti-terrorist operations within its borders. With Russia preoccupied with Ukraine, other actors may seek to gain influence in the country, writes Nikola Mikovic.
Russia s military intervention in Syria that began on September 30, 2015, is its first major intrusion into the Levant since June 1772 when "Russian forces bombarded, stormed, and captured Beirut, a fortress on the coast of Ottoman Syria."[1] Then as