Assad's regime, Russia lost a key all in the Middle East - but it still hopes to keeps its military bases in Syria.

Behrouz Esbati said he partially blamed Russia for the fall of Assad's government, in a rare break from Iran's official line ...

The British newspaper reported this week that the family flew $250 million to Russia over two years. Ayman Abdel Nour, a former friend of Syria's leader from their college days studying medicine in ...

The Khmeimim airbase in Latakia has been a lifeline for Russia’s expanding influence in Africa, from Libya to several ...

International flights in and out of Syria’s main airport in Damascus will resume next week after being halted since rebels ...

Recent media reports suggest that former Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad was the target of a suspected poisoning attempt on ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Russia has evacuated at least 400 soldiers from the Damascus region in recent days in co-ordination with ...

Russia is moving a large amount of military equipment in Syria, signalling preparations for a partial withdrawal, analysts ...

As Russia clings to its only bases in the Mediterranean — they’re on the coast of Syria — Ukraine is moving aggressively to ...

The rapid downfall of Syrian leader Bashar Assad has touched off a new round of delicate geopolitical maneuvering between ...

Russia has evacuated some staff from its diplomatic missions in Damascus, as well as personnel from the embassies of Belarus, North Korea, and Abkhazia, according to the Foreign Ministry’s Crisis ...

Russia, a longstanding ally of Assad, granted the ousted Syrian leader asylum last weekend after helping him to flee his country as the rebels approached Damascus. Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem has ...