Recent arrests of each other's citizens by Russia and Azerbaijan could trigger a conflict that sucks in Armenia, Turkey, Iran ...

Six months since the collapse of the Assad regime, the Russian military presence in Syria has remained entrenched in ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria is open to letting Russia keep its air and naval bases along the Mediterranean coast as long as any ...

In 2011, on the eve of the Syrian uprising, Russia had some $4 billion worth of outstanding weapons contracts with Damascus. An estimated 100,000 Russian citizens were still living in the country.

HMEIMIM, Syria (AP) — A convoy of Russian military vehicles rolled down the highway towards the Syrian city of Tartus on Monday as soldiers stood guard. Planes periodically descended and rose ...

Russia Russia and Syria bomb Syrian Islamist rebels after surprise incursion Syrian dictator Assad could use ‘chemical weapons’ against rebels, says ex-US intel expert ...

BEIRUT (AP) — With Russia’s war on Ukraine now in its third week, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday approved bringing in volunteer fighters from the Middle East, particularly Syria.

The successful intervention on behalf of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad almost 10 years ago underscored Putin’s assertion that Russia was still a global power.

Russia deployed dozens of strike aircraft and jet fighters to Syria at the end of 2015, bombing in support of Syrian president Bashar al Assad’s forces.But Moscow also appears to have built up ...

Russia's military intervention contributed to untold suffering for millions of Syrian civilians beginning in 2015, when the country first entered the fight on behalf of Syria's President Bashar Assad.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hand with Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Nov. 20, 2017.

Russian military moves inside Syria continued to escalate Friday with the arrival of fighter jets. Russia's defense minister said the recent Russian military buildup in Syria is "defensive in nature" ...