Photographer Umit Bektas described to RFE/RL the strained atmosphere around a Russian air base near Latakia as convoys arrive and transporter aircraft are shadowed by helicopters and military jets.
Photographs taken during the rule of Syria's deposed president, Bashar al-Assad, show life inside Russia's air and naval facilities in the Middle Eastern country.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 50th week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our archive.
Russian forces have neared the outskirts of Pokrovsk in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk Region. RFE/RL photojournalist Serhiy Nuzhnenko recently visited Pokrovsk and talked to some residents who are still living there.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 49th week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region.
RFE/RL was given unprecedented access to a network of Cold War-era shelters within Prague's subway system, designed to be a refuge during war.
New photos from inside the ruins of Maryinka in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region show the city reduced to an uninhabitable wilderness.
Protests that have rocked Tbilisi in recent days broke out on a historic street that has become the “political heart” of modern Georgia.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 48th week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 47th week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region.
RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service lived with one of the soldiers tasked with dismantling explosives on the battlefields of Ukraine.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 46th week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region.
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