Putin's military might was pivotal for Bashar al-Assad, unleashing catastrophic air raids on both rebels and civilian localities. Former MI6 chief Sir Alex Younger, who led the intelligence ...

Vladimir Putin met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Moscow, according to a Thursday morning Kremlin announcement. Putin told Assad he wanted the Syrian leader's opinion on the situation in ...

Vladimir Putin allegedly "stopped taking calls" from the former Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, before he was ousted by rebels in December, according to a former aide. Kamel Saqr, who ...

Vladimir Putin has lost his key anchor of influence in the Middle East with the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime, but he seemingly knew it was coming and was chatting with new players in the ...

Vladimir Putin offering refuge to ex-Syrian tyrant Bashar al-Assad in Moscow is undermining Russia’s talks to keep its forces in the wartorn country, according to British defence chiefs. They ...

One by one, old allies are slipping away from Russia’s side. The war in Ukraine, now dragging into its third year, is doing ...

Washington's move follows the lifting of sanctions on Damascus after the ouster of the al-Assad government in December in a ...

The possibility of another war in the Middle East has sucked attention, energy and resources away from Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that "unjustified" U.S. attacks on Iran's nuclear sites were pushing the ...

U.S. officials are investigating an uncorroborated account from a high-ranking former Syrian official that American freelance ...