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In this Oct. 28, 2019, photo, U.S. forces patrol Syrian oil fields, in eastern Syria. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad) **FILE**

U.S. beefs up defenses in Syria after encounter with Russians

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

This handout photo published by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on his instagram account, shows himself, centre, and his wife Yulia, right, daughter Daria, and son Zakhar, top left, posing for a photo in a hospital in Berlin, Germany. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has posted the picture of himself in a hospital in Germany and says he's breathing on his own. He posted on Instagram Tuesday Sept. 15, 2020: &quot;Hi, this is Navalny. I have been missing you. I still can't do much, but yesterday I managed to breathe on my own for the entire day.&quot; (Navalny instagram via AP)

Navalny team alleges Novichok found in hotel water bottle

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

This handout photo published by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on his instagram account, shows himself, centre, and his wife Yulia, right, daughter Daria, and son Zakhar, top left, posing for a photo in a hospital in Berlin, Germany. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has posted the picture of himself in a hospital in Germany and says he's breathing on his own. He posted on Instagram Tuesday Sept. 15, 2020: &quot;Hi, this is Navalny. I have been missing you. I still can't do much, but yesterday I managed to breathe on my own for the entire day.&quot; (Navalny instagram via AP)

German government calls Navalny recovery ‘encouraging’

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 20, 2019, file photo, Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny gestures while speaking to a crowd during a political protest in Moscow, Russia. The German hospital treating Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he has been taken out of an induced coma and is responsive. German experts say Navalny, who fell ill Aug. 20 on a domestic flight in Russia, was poisoned with a substance belonging to the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Germany approves Russian request to assist in Navalny probe

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018 file photo Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands during a break in the hearing on his appeal in a court in Moscow, Russia. The German hospital treating Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he has been taking out of an induced coma and is responsive. Berlin's Charite hospital said Monday that Navalny's condition has further improved, allowing doctors to end the medically induced coma and gradually ease him off mechanical ventilation. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Russia clashes with Germany and West over Navalny poisoning

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Russia urges Germany to share data about Navalny

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides talk to the media during a press conference at the foreign ministry house in Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. Lavrov is paying an official visit to Cyprus amid heightened tensions over Turkey's search for energy resources in east Mediterranean waters where Greece and Cyprus claim as having exclusive economic rights. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Lavrov: Russia ready to help ease Turkey-Greece tension

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

Beehive Bear Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

America and Western allies must push back against Russia’s assault on its neighbors

By Paul Miller

Exterior view of the Charite hospital where Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny receives medical treatment in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman has brushed off allegations of involvement in the poisoning of his most determined critic, accusing Germany of not providing Moscow with any evidence. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Germany raises pressure on Russia in Navalny poisoning probe

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER - Associated Press

Rare spat between Serbia and Russia after US-brokered deal

Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, June 26, 2020 file photo, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg spoke with reporters via videoconference at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, following an extraordinary meeting of allied ambassadors to discuss the nerve-agent poisoning of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool, File)

NATO agrees nerve agent used to try to kill Russia’s Navalny

By LORNE COOKE - Associated Press

In this April 9, 2010, file photo, a Russian construction worker speaks on a mobile phone in Portovaya Bay some 170 kms (106 miles) north-west from St. Petersburg, Russia, during a ceremony marking the start of Nord Stream pipeline construction. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, file)

Navalny poisoning sparks Angela Merkel to eye ending Nord Stream 2 deal

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves after a statement about latest developments in the case of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020.Germany. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was the victim of an attack and poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok, the German government said Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020 citing new test results. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

Russia: Germany has provided no proof of Navalny poisoning

By DARIA LITVINOVA and DAVID RISING - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Monday, July 16, 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hand with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the end of the press conference after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) **FILE**

Donald Trump as Russian spy found nowhere in numerous investigations

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

U.S. forces have been patrolling Syrian oil fields, but critics question how a continued presence there benefits national security, particularly when tensions between Washington and Moscow are escalating rapidly. (Associated Press/File)

Clash with Russians in Syria renews debate on U.S. mission

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

The bed skyscraper of the Berliner Charite can be seen behind the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Aug.25, 2020.. In the clinic the Russian oppositional Nawalny is treated. Doctors of the Berliner Charite assume that the Kremlin critic was poisoned. (Christoph Soeder/dpa via AP)

Hospital: Russia’s Navalny still in coma but improving

By DAVID RISING and DARIA LITVINOVA - Associated Press

Christopher Steele is a former British spy who wrote a dossier about alleged links between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. (Associated Press/File)

Christopher Steele says FBI didn’t pay for his dossier work

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this handout photo taken on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, and provided by Russian Direct Investment Fund, a new vaccine is on display at the Nikolai Gamaleya National Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology in Moscow, Russia. Russia on Tuesday, Aug. 11 became the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine for use in tens of thousands of its citizens despite international skepticism about injections that have not completed clinical trials and were studied in only dozens of people for less than two months. (Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/ Russian Direct Investment Fund via AP)

Moscow announces advanced trials for new COVID-19 vaccine

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting via video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 14, 2020. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Vladimir Putin denies Alexei Navalny poisoning

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, file photo, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gestures while speaking in a courtroom in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Kremlin brushes off allegations over Navalny’s poisoning

By DARIA LITVINOVA and DAVID RISING - Associated Press