Russia sent support ship 'Sparta' to join the warship fleet that fled Tartus last month. It is likely they are negotiating a ...

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 ...

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

Experts monitoring the Taliban’s new diplomacy push in Asia say China could follow suit, paving the way for wider recognition ...

BEIRUT (AP) — With Russia’s war on Ukraine now in its third week, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday approved bringing in volunteer fighters from the Middle East, particularly Syria.

Russia deployed dozens of strike aircraft and jet fighters to Syria at the end of 2015, bombing in support of Syrian president Bashar al Assad’s forces.But Moscow also appears to have built up ...

The successful intervention on behalf of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad almost 10 years ago underscored Putin’s assertion that Russia was still a global power.

In 2011, on the eve of the Syrian uprising, Russia had some $4 billion worth of outstanding weapons contracts with Damascus. An estimated 100,000 Russian citizens were still living in the country.

Russian military moves inside Syria continued to escalate Friday with the arrival of fighter jets. Russia's defense minister said the recent Russian military buildup in Syria is "defensive in nature" ...

Russia's military intervention contributed to untold suffering for millions of Syrian civilians beginning in 2015, when the country first entered the fight on behalf of Syria's President Bashar Assad.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hand with Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Nov. 20, 2017.

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