The question of whether Russia will lose its two military bases in Syria following the collapse of Bashar Assad's regime will likely not be answered quickly.
DW's Riga Bureau Chief Juri Rescheto explains more.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday that discussing the matter was "premature." Russian media outlets reported that...
The Iguazú Falls on the Brazilian-Argentinean border can be visited again. After the rainfall of the past few days, enormous amounts of water are rushing down into the depths.
The overthrow of the Syrian dictator Bashar al Assad has raised questions about the status of the large numbers of Syrians who fled to Europe during the civil war. Some governments are already hatching plans to deport Syrians or suspend their asylum claims.
Nearly a million Syrian nationals live in Germany, DW has been speaking to Syrians living in Berlin about their...
A video claiming to show ultrasound images of a fetus feeling pain during an abortion procedure has gone viral. But the video is false. Indicators in the footage reveal that the images come from a fictional movie, criticized for its inaccurate depiction of abortion.
Time magazine named US President-elect Donald Trump as Person of the Year for 2024.
In its statement, the magazine said Trump had been chosen "for marshaling a comeback of historic proportions, for driving a once-in-a-generation political realignment," as well as "for reshaping the American presidency and altering America's role in the world."
Journalist and Middle East expert Kristin Helberg says that Israel was "quite happy with the Assad regime" for maintaining the status quo in the Israeli occupied Golan Heights, and was now worried about the future following Assad's overthrow.
For the full discussion about the sudden victory of Syria's rebels after nearly 14 years of civil war follow this...
German-Iranian political scientist Ali Fathollah-Nejad says that the Iranian government's 'entire strategy' in the Middle East has 'crumbled' following the overthrow of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.
For the full discussion about the sudden victory of Syria's rebels after nearly 14 years of civil war follow this link:
Syra’s ruling family is out of power. Can a new government now keep the economy going and even improve it for normal Syrians? We speak with Syrian economist Karam Shaar about sanctions, oil and how the Assad family turned Syria into the major player for an amphetamine-like drug known as "captagon."
“We are basically playing by the rules, whereas Moscow is not,” says Foreign Affairs Correspondent for Die Zeit magazine Michael Thumann, summing up the European Union’s reluctance to take a strong stance on the crackdown against pro-EU protests in Georgia.
Thousands of mainly young people have taken to the streets of the capital Tbilisi for more than two weeks...
Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli forces will remain in a Golan Heights buffer zone until border security between Israel and Syria is guaranteed.
Israeli troops seized parts of the heights earlier this week, citing potential security threats from Syria.
The Israeli military has been carrying out strikes in Syria against...
Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya says the fall of Assad demonstrates such regimes can be defeated by different tools. She also told DW that "any trigger" could spell downfall for the Lukashenko regime in Minsk. Ms. Tsikhanouskaya added that Assad's departure has weakened Russia's President Vladmir Putin, a key ally for Belarussian President Aleksandr Lukashenko.
