China condemns Philippine defence chief's remarks on China, US missiles
China on Wednesday condemned comments by the Philippine defence minister about China, calling them "baseless accusations" that "maliciously attacked" China's ruling Communist Party.
China’s diplomatic clout in Mideast at risk as threats build around ally Iran
However, with the downfall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, and the catastrophic loss of Hamas and Hezbollah during its war ...
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2024: 10 Events That Changed The World
A review of a year filled with headlines that few in the national security and intelligence space could have imagined, one ...
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Post-Assad Syria: What It Means for China
Examining the political, economic, and security impacts of Beijing losing a key ‘strategic partner’ in the Middle East. | Read this and other China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Syrian Civil War hea ...
Why China’s Bet In Syria Has Failed, What Are Beijing’s Main Concerns After Assad’s Fall?
China, which has made some solid investments in Syria in order to strengthen its position in the Middle East, now seems ...
China’s Syria bet fails: what lessons some Chinese want Beijing to learn
Bashar al-Assad was an ally of both Iran and Russia, Beijing's key partners. Here is how his fall is being seen in China.
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Game-changers of 2024: Trump, Assad, and Olympics in the spotlight
Donald Trump’s US presidential election win, the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, and the Paris Olympics were among the news ...
Syria Civil War's New Frontlines Emerge Post-Assad
"I believe there will be violent fighting, the end of which we do not know," a top Syrian Democratic Council official told ...
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What We’re Watching Around the Globe in 2025
To gain some insight into the year ahead, CFR fellows highlight some of the global developments they will be looking out for.
Arab states urge China to ‘play greater role’ in bringing peace to the Middle East
More than 20 Arab diplomats meet Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing in call to help ease regional tensions.
For Myanmar’s resistance fighters, Syria’s rebel victory fuels conviction all tyrants must fall
Myanmar has been consumed by civil war since February, 2021, when a military junta overthrew the country’s semi-democratic ...
Trump triumph, Assad fall, Olympic joy... key events in 2024
Donald Trump's US presidential election win, the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, and the Paris Olympics were among the news events that marked 2024.AFP looks ...