The UK has provided £4.5 billion in aid to Syria and its neighbours since 2011. But with the Assad era over and new risks ...

Six months since the collapse of the Assad regime, the Russian military presence in Syria has remained entrenched in ...

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

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

Some U.S. officials talked about an “axis” of authoritarian nations, but the American and Israeli war with Iran has exposed ...

Russia’s main base in Syria is the airfield at Hmeimin on the Mediterranean coast, close to the city of Latakia. It’s more than just an airbase: Much of Russia’s senior military personnel ...

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.

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 ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad via a video conference call at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on November 9, 2020.

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.

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.

In Syria, he added, there is little they can do when Russian warplanes come, except hide and hope for the best. Oh, and “open your mouth,” he said with a grim laugh.