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

The toppling of Bashar Assad has raised tentative hopes that Syrians might live peacefully and as equals after a half century ...

Russia’s scorched-earth intervention on behalf of former Syrian President Bashar Assad once turned the tide of the Syrian ...

Assad said he went to the Russian base in Latakia province to "oversee combat ... The Assad family ruled Syria with an iron grip, locking up those who dared to question their rule.

Russia has begun withdrawing a large amount of military equipment and troops from Syria following the ouster of former Syrian ...

"We cried with happiness. Finally, we have been freed after a long period of oppression" says a resident of Syria's port city ...

Across Syria, soldiers tied to the former Assad regime are surrendering their weapons to the interim government. The New York Times spoke to some of these men in Latakia, as they face a new and ...

Ahmed al-Shara stressed diplomacy in an interview but criticized Israel’s advance into Syrian territory. A statement said to ...

Russia's bases in Syria are an integral part of its global military presence. The Tartous naval base is Russia's only ...

By bnm Gulf bureau Opposition fighters set fire to the mausoleum of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad in his ancestral ...

Syria's main ports are working normally after days of disruptions, maritime officials said on Monday, and Ukraine said it was ...

In the Assad clan's former heartland of Latakia, many in the toppled president's Alawite minority are relieved that his ...