The map authors take into account countries ... and failing to make the grade — were South Sudan, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya and Somalia. Countries like Afghanistan and Syria have frequently ...

It’s a marauder’s map for international mayhem. Thinking of doing business or pleasure abroad next year? You might want to steer clear of Libya, Syria and Afghanistan, which security experts ...

"The loss of Russian bases in Syria will likely disrupt Russian logistics, resupply efforts, and Africa Corps rotations, particularly weakening Russia's operations and power projection in Libya ...

He started following trends in Libya and Syria and made his first map showing the situation for the YPG and Kurdish forces in Syrian Kurdistan in December 2013. Then someone asked him to make a ...

According to a Syrian security official stationed outside Khmeimim Air Base, Russia’s largest air base in Syria, a Russian cargo plane departed from there and flew to Libya on Dec. 14 ...

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, for instance, told Parliament on 9 December: ‘We do not want Syria to become like Libya… fractured and vulnerable to different terrorist groups’. In fact, the scale ...

Libya descended into chaos after a NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011, the same year Syria’s war began. The North African country is split between a UN ...

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology.