A dry wind rushes through the meanders of destroyed streets, bringing up the acrid smell of smoke laden with gasoline. In the ...

Six months since the collapse of the Assad regime, the Russian military presence in Syria has remained entrenched in strategic locations such as the Hmeimim airbase and Tartous port on the coast, as ...

Phone call between Secretary of State and Syrian foreign minister follows President Donald Trump's signing of executive order ...

President Trump eases most sanctions against Syria in a move to reclaim regional leverage, counter Iranian influence, and ...

U.S. officials said sanctions against targets such as its central bank would end, but they would remain on Syria’s former ...

Russia has said that the U.S. presence in Syria was “primarily illegal.” Russian troops pictured near al-Qahtaniyah, in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on February 4, 2021.

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria is open to letting Russia keep its air and naval bases along the Mediterranean coast as long as any agreement with the Kremlin serves the country’s interests, Syrian ...

For Moscow, intervention in Syria's civil war in 2015 was proof that it had regained its status as a global power and counterweight to the West. Now, events in Syria threaten to undermine Russia's ...

Russia is Syria's top ally and supporter of President Bashar al-Assad. By Mark Osborne. April 14, 2018, 4:19 AM. 14:01. Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hand with Syrian President ...

In Syria, Russia has helped and presumably will continue to help Assad repress all resistance, not just the Islamicist variety. From Moscow’s perspective, ...