Battlefield Assessment Last week both sides won modest tactical gains. But no strategic changes altered the map significantly. In eastern Ukraine, areas adjacent to Pokrovsk saw continued intensive combat, while the southern theater was relatively calm. In occupied Kherson, the Ukrainian Separate 14th Regiment successfully targeted a Russian training ground …

Trump’s efforts to resolve the Ukraine war might restore Russia’s historic perception of its relations with Tehran as primarily transactional rather than strategic.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s visit to Iran last week did not reassure Iranian leaders that Moscow will help Iran withstand increasing pressure from the Trump administration.If U.S. …

Syrian security forces are fighting pro-Assad insurgents in what have been described as the ‘most violent’ clashes since the dictator’s ouster Syria is witnessing what has been described as the “most violent” clashes since Bashar al-Assad’s ouster, as government forces battle with a militia loyal to the former regime. The …