The UK has provided £4.5 billion in aid to Syria and its neighbours since 2011. But with the Assad era over and new risks ...

Six months since the collapse of the Assad regime, the Russian military presence in Syria has remained entrenched in ...

Russia sent support ship 'Sparta' to join the warship fleet that fled Tartus last month. It is likely they are negotiating a ...

A dry wind rushes through the meanders of destroyed streets, bringing up the acrid smell of smoke laden with gasoline. In the ...

In 2011, on the eve of the Syrian uprising, Russia had some $4 billion worth of outstanding weapons contracts with Damascus. An estimated 100,000 Russian citizens were still living in the country.

Russia deployed dozens of strike aircraft and jet fighters to Syria at the end of 2015, bombing in support of Syrian president Bashar al Assad’s forces.But Moscow also appears to have built up ...

Russia Russia and Syria bomb Syrian Islamist rebels after surprise incursion Syrian dictator Assad could use ‘chemical weapons’ against rebels, says ex-US intel expert ...

The successful intervention on behalf of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad almost 10 years ago underscored Putin’s assertion that Russia was still a global power.

BEIRUT (AP) — With Russia’s war on Ukraine now in its third week, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday approved bringing in volunteer fighters from the Middle East, particularly Syria.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hand with Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Nov. 20, 2017.

Russian military moves inside Syria continued to escalate Friday with the arrival of fighter jets. Russia's defense minister said the recent Russian military buildup in Syria is "defensive in nature" ...