The Syrian rebels who toppled Mr. al-Assad last month fought for years against government forces backed by Russia, but their interim leader has suggested he wants to continue Syria’s ...
Russia is planning to hold high-level contacts with Syria in the near future, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on ...
The first Russian official delegation to visit Syria since the toppling of long-term Moscow ally Bashar al-Assad has arrived in Damascus, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday. The visit comes ...
It may also mark the end of an even longer status quo in which Russia and the Soviet Union preceding it was Syria’s leading go-to supplier for military hardware. The overthrow of Assad by ...
Syria's central bank said a batch of Syrian currency had arrived at Damascus airport from Russia, where banknotes were ...
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov is set to meet Syria's new rulers this week in Damascus, two Syrian sources said on Tuesday, in the first visit by Russian ...
Russian officials are working on a road map to re-establish diplomatic ties with Syria following the ouster of Bashar al-Assad’s government, sources familiar with the issue told Middle East Eye.
You can get in touch with Maya by emailing m.mehrara@newsweek.com. Syria has demanded reparations from Russia in order to "rebuild trust" after a meeting between Damascus' new administration and a ...
The day they docked, Syria’s new government formally terminated a 49-year lease. Granted access to the port after a long wait, the ships were expected to haul some of the Russian military ...
Russian intervention in Syria Moscow intervened in favor of Assad's regime in 2015, with Russian air power crucial in turning the tide of Syria's 13-year civil war. After he was ousted in December ...
A delegation of Russian officials has arrived in Damascus on the first such visit since Syria’s longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad was toppled by opposition fighters. Al-Assad, a close ally of ...