Syria’s status as a classic Middle East tourist definition was shredded by civil war. Visitors are now beginning to return, ...

and we will be stronger and more beautiful,” the 24-year-old said. After Islamist-led rebels ousted Assad on December 8, the orchestra’s rehearsals and concerts were halted as Syria embarked ...

Russia’s Military Presence in Syria Under Discussion The Syrian defense minister emphasized that his government has not ruled out maintaining Russian military bases in Tartus and Khmeimim ... over ...

In Zahra, an Alawi neighbourhood on the outskirts of Homs in western Syria, an unspoken ... clashes with HTS combatants in the coastal Tartus governorate, as well as in Latakia and Homs.

Syria's new government will decide the fate of Russian military bases based on national interests, Syrian Defense Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra told The Washington Post on Feb. 6. Russia's ability to ...

The Russian military base in Tartus‎ was built by the Soviet Union in the 1970s and is part of a military agreement that had been in place between it and the Syrian regime under Bashar al-Assad's ...

Syria's new government has cancelled a 2019 agreement with a Russian company to manage the port of Tartus, home to Russia’s only foreign ... However, he noted that higher tariffs will remain in place ...

For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul ...

At Tartus, Russia emptied out its warships from the port, with some vessels spotted lingering off Syria's coast. And transport aircraft were seen at Hmeimim packing up critical equipment.

Asked if Russia would be allowed to maintain its naval port at Tartus and the Hmeimim air base in Latakia, Abu Qasra said: “If we get benefits for Syria out of this, yes.” In a wide-ranging ...