A former convict-turned-restaurateur, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s humble origins gave way to an astonishing, if unlikely, ascent.

The presence of Russian mercenaries in Africa was once hailed as a success story, but recently the pressure on them has increased. A new report offers strategies to counter Russian influence.

Putin himself put energy cooperation on the table. “If, say, the US and Russia agree on energy cooperation, a gas pipeline ...

The Kremlin is using vessels from its “ghost fleet” — hundreds of aging commercial ships with obscured ownership — to send ...

Russia exploits instability to expand influence and weaken adversaries, from Ukraine to Syria to the Sahel. In West Africa, ...

Russia’s ability to project its power globally has significantly waned over the course of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Western media reports have revealed that representatives of the Azawad rebels (Malian Tuaregs) and the Al-Qaeda-affiliated group Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin held a meeting in March ...

Sectarian-driven killings of civilians this month displayed the government’s weak control over both its own forces and ...

After Syria’s longtime autocratic ruler was toppled late last year, the man who led rebel groups to victory immediately faced ...

A separatist group in Mali said an airstrike on a market in the country’s north has killed at least 18 people. Mali’s army ...

A better future for Syria, rooted in respect for human rights for all, requires addressing and ensuring meaningful, inclusive ...