In Syria, after 13 years of civil war, armed rebels took the capital Damascus, in a lightning advance, prompting President ...
Russia has evacuated some staff from its diplomatic missions in Damascus, as well as personnel from the embassies of Belarus, ...
Losing Syrian military bases would hurt the Kremlin’s attempts to project power in the Middle East and Africa.
The rapid downfall of Syrian leader Bashar Assad has touched off a new round of delicate geopolitical maneuvering between ...
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 ...
With Syrian opposition forces advancing rapidly toward the capital, Damascus, President Bashar al-Assad’s fate lay in ...
The Kremlin’s failure to prevent Bashar Assad’s swift downfall in Syria has exposed the limits of Russia’s power and dented ...
In a post on the official Facebook page of the Syrian presidency, Assad said he was releasing the statement to address ...
Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Monday it was up to Syrians to determine their own future and called for an "inclusive" ...
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 ...
Assad, old alliances have crumbled, and global powers are figuring out their relationships with Syria’s new de facto leaders.