The rebel offensive benefited from careful preparation and the support of Turkey, which occupies territory in Syria’s north ...

Russia has lost a naval base after Syria ended an investment contract with Moscow, asserting its authority over the Tartus ...

The Tartus port is Russia’s sole naval base outside the former Soviet Union and has played a critical role in Moscow’s ...

Iran and Russia signed a 20-year strategic partnership treaty. It outlines significant economic and military cooperation.

Analysts say the return suggests that Moscow is preparing to evacuate one of its most valuable overseas bases.

From Syria to Libya to Georgia, Putin's grip on his global empire is loosening. Thus far only Turkey and Israel benefit. Will ...

MOSCOW. Jan 23 (Interfax) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a phone conversation with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

The contract, signed in 2019, had committed Moscow to invest at least $500 million in modernizing the port. With the ...

Syria's foreign minister said in a conversation with Tony Blair that the scrapping of sanctions aimed at the Assad regime is ...

Washington needs a plan to create conditions for future U.S. investment to stabilize Syria — and to make sure Russia doesn’t ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian may discuss the situation in ...

In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...