Losing Syrian military bases would hurt the Kremlin’s attempts to project power in the Middle East and Africa.

The rapid downfall of Syrian leader Bashar Assad has touched off a new round of delicate geopolitical maneuvering between ...

In an hourlong televised meeting with his top military brass, Vladimir Putin left Syria unmentioned and made it clear that ...

Although Russia has managed to avoid an economic collapse, its war with Ukraine and military involvement in Syria have ...

The transfer marks the end of an era when Russia played an arguably oversized role in determining which countries could ...

Russia used the air base in Hmeimim and naval base at Tartus to support Bashar al-Assad in Syria’s 13-year civil war. But now ...

The Tartous naval base is its only Mediterranean repair and resupply hub, and Hmeimim is a major staging post for military ...

Russia's newest move to foil U.S.' Syria plans? It is likely. Moscow has revealed it is ready to conduct talks with Syrian leaders over security and other issues even as it has given asylum to ousted ...

Acting decisively now can undermine Russia’s and Iran’s positions in the Middle East and strengthen U.S. and European ...

The collapse of the seemingly all-powerful Assad regime shows how fragile dictatorships are.

Jubilant rebels bloodlessly entering the capital, a president in flight, a stunned foreign patron negotiating the evacuation ...

Ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad says he had no plans to leave the country after the fall of Damascus a week ago but the ...