The arrival of the first top Russian diplomat in Damascus since Bashar al-Assad’s fall kicks off negotiations over the fate ...

Amid escalating tensions in the Middle East and shocking US president Donald Trump proposal for the permanent resettlement of the more than two ...

Bashar-al Assad fled the country on December 8 to take refuge in the Russian capital, where he owns several luxury apartments ...

The hopes of liberalization raised at the start of Hafez al-Assad's son's rule were short-lived. Urged by his family, the ...

Russia fears for its bases in Syria and elsewhere after the ousting of dictator Bashar Assad, a Kremlin ally ... which now look to Moscow or Russia's Africa Corps for support.

Syria's new government will decide the fate of Russian military bases based on national interests, Syrian Defense Minister ...

While Russian ally Bashar al-Assad was being ... In a sign of the importance Russia places in its relationships in Africa, Vladimir Putin met Thursday with Touadéra in Moscow, in what were ...

Following the fall of dictator Bashar Assad ... co-operation between Russia and Mali," Ochieng told the BBC. Russian mercenaries have helped military regimes remain in control in Sahel countries, ...

The Kremlin has denied reports that claim Asma al-Assad is seeking a return to London following her husband's exile in Moscow. Two African states are frustrating Moscow's efforts to establish a ...

Despite the support of Russia and Iran, Assad could not prevent his regime from collapsing. But Moscow offered refuge to him and his family. Now, many Syrian civilians and rebel fighters see ...

Former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s sudden defeat threatened Russia’s important military presence in the eastern Mediterranean. Now Moscow is believed to be trying to negotiate a continued ...

“The presidents of Iran and Russia are to sign a cooperation document during [Iranian President Masoud] Pezeshkian’s visit to Moscow on Friday ... both backed the Assad regime in Syria.