The transfer marks the end of an era when Russia played an arguably oversized role in determining which countries could ...

Syria's new authorities have arrested a military justice official who under ousted president Bashar al-Assad issued death ...

For decades, Russia has been trying to rebuild its influence in the Middle East. But after the rapid collapse of the Assad ...

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

Former CNN Moscow bureau chief Jill Dougherty says that Vladimir Putin spinning Russia’s withdrawal from Syria as a victory ...

With Russia’s diminished influence in Syria, Ukraine calls on Israel to reconsider its stance and provide essential defensive ...

Assad claimed in the statement Monday that he had no intention of fleeing Syria for Russia and that he wanted to keep fighting rebel forces. But he yielded to a request by Russia to evacuate after ...

(AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) A Russian aircraft takes off at the Hmeimim Air Base, a Syrian airbase currently operated by ...

Russia appears to be moving some of its military equipment from Syria to Africa, where Moscow is expanding its military ...

In an hourlong televised meeting with his top military brass, Vladimir Putin left Syria unmentioned and made it clear that ...

It’s uncertain how much success Russia is having while negotiating with Syria’s dominant forces to retain its naval and air ...

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 ...