By Ben Aris in Berlin The new Syrian authorities has gone a long way towards gaining full recognition by the international ...

The new Syrian authorities are rapidly moving toward international recognition beyond their regional neighbors. Keen to limit ...

A Reuters investigation found 40 distinct sites of killings, looting and arson during three days of sectarian massacres ...

Assad has left Damascus, says Russia, as Syrian army declares end of his rule. President Bashar al Assad has left office and Syria after giving orders for there to be a peaceful transfer of power ...

Many observers point to Moscow’s close ties with Damascus going back to the 1950s as a reason for Russia now acting to defend the al-Assad regime in Syria against its many internal and external ...

A delegation of Russian diplomats arrived last Tuesday in a caravan of white SUVs for a summit in Damascus and an unenviable assignment: lay the groundwork for Russia to keep its military bases ...

Syria Gunmen storm Iranian embassy in Damascus as Russia claims Assad left 'instructions' to 'transfer power' Iran says the gunmen are believed to be separate from the rebels who took down Bashar ...

A bakery in the Syrian capital of Damascus. Russia, a close ally of the former Assad regime, used to supply Syria's flour. Russia halted those supplies after the new government took power, ...

Rebel fighters drive their vehicles celebrating what they said was the taking over of Baraghedeh and Kafr-Ghan towns, in al-Rai town, northern Aleppo countryside, Syria October 10. Russia has ...