The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan just claimed he and Vladimir Putin are the “only” two leaders left in the world. Speaking after Syrian rebels ousted Bashar al-Assad, who had ruled ...

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The rapid downfall of Syrian leader Bashar Assad has touched off a new round of delicate geopolitical maneuvering between Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan. With the ...

It’s worth noting there are 195 governments in the world – so Putin and Erdogan are far from the only leaders left. According to the Russian state news agency TASS, Erdogan also explained how ...