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

Losing Syrian military bases would hurt the Kremlin’s attempts to project power in the Middle East and Africa.

After negotiations with the new Syrian leadership, Russia withdrew at least 400 soldiers from the Damascus region. A ...

The rebels capturing Damascus marked a turning point for Syria, which had been shattered by more than 13 years of war which ...

Ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad says he had no plans to leave the country after the fall of Damascus a week ago but the ...

Russia used the air base in Hmeimim and naval base at Tartus to support Bashar al-Assad in Syria’s 13-year civil war. But now ...

Foreign governments, including Russia, Iran, China and Israel, have responded to the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday.

Protests in Christian neighborhoods of Syria's capital city erupted after a Christmas tree was set ablaze weeks after the ...

Russia would like, if it can ... who had been imprisoned while Bashar al-Assad was in power and found outside Damascus earlier this week, was handed over to U.S. forces by Syrian opposition ...

Russia was not involved in the talks surrounding ... the news emerged showed families ransacking presidential palaces in Damascus, with some taking selfies in the grand settings, as thousands ...

A coalition of Syrian rebels say they have toppled the government of President Bashar al-Assad and captured the Syrian ...

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 ...