President Trump’s troop withdrawal ignited a predicted outburst of chaos and carnage in the Middle East.
The diplomats were intending to travel to a remote town in the Russian Arctic, where a mysterious nuclear accident killed seven people in August, releasing radiation.
The violence precipitated by the American withdrawal is an outcome of tensions that have been building since the conflict began more than eight years ago.
For months, analysts have outlined how such a move would risk upsetting the fragile balance of power in a complex war.
As the United States withdraws from Syria, Russia is stepping in, running patrols to separate warring factions, striking deals and helping President Bashar al-Assad advance.
The surprise American withdrawal from parts of northern Syria reshuffled old alliances and touched off a new stage of the eight-year war.
As America joins the axis of autocrats, Ukrainians fear being left alone to face Russia.
An admission by the top Russian antidoping official could complicate his country’s bid to avoid severe penalties from the World Anti-Doping Agency.
President Trump’s erratic moves are letting Russia seize the role of peacemaker — and deal-maker — in Syria.
President Trump’s erratic moves are letting Russia seize the role of peacemaker — and deal-maker — in Syria.
Why did Turkey invade? Why did America leave? How did the Kurds gain so much land? We answer 10 key questions about the Turkish invasion of northern Syria.
Readers discuss possible reasons behind the president’s abandonment of the Kurds and the consequences of that action.
Hours after the Kurds forged a deal with the Syrian government, an American foe, the Syrian Army raced northwest to help battle Turkish-led forces.
Hours after reaching an agreement with Kurdish forces, the Syrian Army entered a key town near the Turkish border — a significant shift in the power dynamic.
What they need is American leadership to help them make peace.
The Russians saved Bashar al-Assad’s government. A trove of Russian Air Force recordings obtained by The Times shows how bombing Syrian hospitals helped them do it.
We recreated a day of airstrikes using video evidence, flight logs, witness reports and thousands of previously unheard Russian Air Force communications.
The Times obtained thousands of air force recordings, which reveal for the first time that Russia repeatedly bombed hospitals in Syria.
Naama Issachar, a yoga student arrested at the Moscow airport, has found her fate linked to that of a little-known Russian held in Israel and facing extradition to the United States.
Once upon a time, we spread ideals of democracy and rule of law. Now? We send Rudy.
The Russian cosmonaut’s thrilling feat in 1965 nearly cost him his life, but raised Soviet prestige during the Cold War space race against the United States.
Plus, please take our handbag straw poll, as well as suggestions for a good men’s signature accessory.
He’s looking soulful in nature.
The president seems set to withdraw from a pact that provided transparency over military buildups.
It was the team’s first victory at worlds since 1991, when Russians still competed as part of the Soviet Union.
Russian authorities stepped up their long campaign to silence the opposition leader, accusing him of taking foreign money, a charge he denies.
With discontent growing in Russia, a mystic, helped by a video-blogging cabby, set off unheard-of protests in one of Siberia’s biggest cities.
The young Ukrainian leader is jammed between the rock of Vladimir Putin’s aggression and the hard place of President Trump’s demands.
A report called for steps by Congress, the Trump administration and tech firms, and reiterated a conclusion the president has resisted: Russia interfered in the 2016 election.
Known as Unit 29155, the group is skilled in subversion, sabotage and assassination and has only recently become known to Western intelligence agencies.
Roaming bears hunt wild Pacific salmon among alpine meadows on this Russian peninsula, a compact, volcanic Eden.
After James B. Comey was ousted as the F.B.I. director in 2017, there were anguish and alarm at the bureau and the Justice Department.
Museums, the performing arts and historical sites like Fort Ross in California, where an old Russian company flag flies, have been the beneficiaries of their gifts.
As individuals or leaders of foundations and companies, some rich Russians have become patrons of the arts and sponsor events that celebrate Russian culture abroad.
A Trump adviser met a professor in Rome whose actions figured into the opening of the Russia inquiry in 2016. Now the attorney general is reviewing it.
So much about the Trump administration seems pulled from the playbook of a post-Soviet kleptocracy.
A false tale about a cybersecurity firm called CrowdStrike and a Democratic conspiracy to undermine the 2016 election has formed the background of President Trump’s impeachment inquiry.
He was sent on a mission to clear the president’s name. In the process, he pursued a shadow foreign policy that led to an impeachment inquiry.
And the winner is … Vladimir Putin.
Whose armrest is it anyway? An airplane etiquette debate.
Days after his spokesman said the leaders’ chats should remain secret, Mr. Putin said he had nothing to hide, and made light of charges of election interference.
The notion of this president demanding political favors from fellow leaders is such familiar behavior it fails to elicit much shock.
How high-minded self-dealing paved the way for our low-minded president.
Tolerance of diversity, not repression, is the surest way to govern a vast territory with many peoples.
The penalties were announced as Congress investigates whether President Trump tried to enlist Ukraine’s leader in a smear campaign against one of his top Democratic challengers in 2020.
After meddling in the 2016 American election, Russia is using similar tactics in the Central African Republic. But as it sows political chaos, this time it is also seeking diamonds.
“Not going,” Mr. Giuliani told The New York Times. He said he wanted to spend more time with his client, President Trump, who is facing an impeachment inquiry.
Released from a Russian jail in the Arctic in a prisoner swap, the filmmaker vows to fight on against what he calls President Vladimir V. Putin’s “political necrophilia.”
A new report from Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee scours the N.R.A.’s Russia ties, calling the gun group “a foreign asset,” while Republicans reject concerns.
The contents of conversations between the two leaders have been of intense interest and speculation given the evidence that Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. election.
For the second time in three years, Ukraine has been caught in the glare of American news cameras.
Internal emails and a tangle of reimbursements raise new questions about a visit to Russia by N.R.A. board members and supporters.
The German authorities suspect the well-planned killing of a former Chechen separatist in Berlin was carried out by a Russian hit man released from prison for that purpose.
He spent almost eight days aboard a space station in 1978 and was hailed by East Germans as a symbol of socialist achievement.
We asked 18 families to show us what they have for dinner on a typical weeknight.
From Seoul, Moscow and Athens, these creators are both refuting and refining the local aesthetic.
Travel can involve hiccups like a misrepresented property or a destination that pales to the hype. The key is taking the snafus in stride.
A secret whistle-blower complaint has raised questions about whether President Trump improperly pressured a foreign government to investigate a political opponent.
The World Anti-Doping Agency cites “inconsistencies” in a database provided by its Russian counterpart, and investigators may recommend a new suspension.
A widely seen video contradicted the assault case against Pavel Ustinov. The resulting outrage showed the growing power of social media.
Jittery about unrest, Russian security forces detained the mystic on his self-proclaimed mission to drive out President Vladimir V. Putin, whom he called a “demon.”
A naval attaché was detained on suspicion of espionage, and a high-ranking police officer was sent to investigate.