5 days ago · Russia’s aggressive military intervention in support of al-Assad played a pivotal role in reversing the course of Syria’s more-than-13-year civil war. Moscow was one of al-Assad’s key ...

4 days ago · Syria's new leadership on Wednesday called on Moscow to "address past mistakes" during talks with visiting Russian officials — the first such meeting since Kremlin ally Bashar al-Assad was ...

4 days ago · Russia has declined to comment on reports that Syria has demanded the return of Bashar al-Assad in return for allowing Moscow to maintain its military bases in the Middle Eastern country.

Jan 13, 2025 · Moscow claimed to have tested 320 different weapons in Syria. It also secured 49-year leases on two military bases on the Mediterranean coast - the Tartus naval base and the Hmeimim air base.

5 days ago · Russia’s deputy foreign minister and a special envoy arrived in Damascus. Theirs was the first such visit since President Bashar al-Assad fled the country, according to Russian state news.

4 days ago · Moscow had moved columns of military vehicles to the port after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. ... There have been reports that the new Syrian government has cancelled Russia's lease at the port ...

Strikes were heard in Damascus early Monday, according to a CNN team in the Syrian capital, after President Bashar al-Assad and his family fled to Russia in the face of an astonishingly swift ...

Dec 8, 2024 · (Reuters) -Syria's former President Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow with his family after Russia granted them asylum on humanitarian grounds, a Kremlin source told Russian news agencies on...

Dec 8, 2024 · Syria's ousted president Bashar al-Assad and his family are in Moscow, Russian news agencies announced Sunday evening citing a Kremlin source, hours after he fled the country as Islamist-led...

Dec 31, 2024 · In the weeks since Bashar al-Assad was ousted as Syrian leader, Russia has launched multiple flights to an airbase in the Libyan desert. Moscow’s goal appears to be to find an alternative...