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

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

Vladimir Putin offering refuge to ex-Syrian tyrant Bashar al-Assad in Moscow is undermining Russia’s talks to keep its forces ...

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

By Paul Sonne The arrival of the first top Russian diplomat in Damascus since Bashar al-Assad’s fall kicks off negotiations over the fate of Moscow’s bases in Syria. By Paul Sonne and ...

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. The Ukrainian authorities are rounding up ...

Assad was an ally of Russia and is now living in exile there. Putin said he planned to meet with Assad but had not yet. He also said he was open to meeting with President-elect Donald Trump.

“Following negotiations with participants in the armed conflict, Al-Assad decided to leave his mandate and the country to enable a peaceful transition of power,” stated Russian ...

Here are the key developments on the 1,075th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The rapid downfall of Syrian leader Bashar Assad has touched off a new round of delicate geopolitical maneuvering between Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan. With the dust ...

As in Venezuela, North Korea, and Russia, deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad’s regime was such a case, characterized by centralized control, suppression of dissent, and a reliance on a powerful ...