Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad assured his forces that the Russian army was coming to their aid against the rebels just hours before fleeing in secret to Moscow and abandoning his troops ...

A dry wind rushes through the meanders of destroyed streets, bringing up the acrid smell of smoke laden with gasoline. In the ...

Six months since the collapse of the Assad regime, the Russian military presence in Syria has remained entrenched in strategic locations such as the Hmeimim airbase and Tartous port on the coast, as ...

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

A longtime protector of the Assad regime’s, Moscow has granted the 59-year-old and his family asylum after they made their way to the city by private jet, the news agencies reported. 5.

During recent contacts between Syrian and Turkish officials that Moscow helped broker this year, Assad’s government showed little interest in compromise -– a recalcitrance that paved the way ...

Following the rebels' ascend to power, Assad vanished, his whereabouts unknown until Sunday afternoon when Russian state media reported that he was in Moscow. Other top Assad government officials ...

Does Assad’s exile in Moscow mean Putin’s days are now numbered? - COMMENT: The sudden collapse of Syria’s brutal regime is a reminder how any leader can appear to be in power, until ...