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 ...

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

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

Background: Norway imposed sanctions on Syria in 2011 in response to Assad’s crackdown on protesters that sparked the civil ...

U.S. officials said sanctions against targets such as its central bank would end, but they would remain on Syria’s former ...

Iran has supplied military drones to Russia throughout the conflict in Ukraine. Analysts say Moscow might be unwilling, or ...

The new Syrian authorities are rapidly moving toward international recognition beyond their regional neighbors. Keen to limit ...

Tehran, Russia's main ally in the Middle East, has been dealt a heavy blow as Israel dismantled its network of proxies and ...

Russia’s Tu-160 “Blackjack,” a Soviet-era supersonic bomber comparable to the US B-1B Lancer, remains a pivotal, if limited, ...

The collapse of the Assad regime was expected to increase instability, but so far Ahmed Al-Sharaa has attempted to make ...

Iran’s foreign minister is in Moscow seeking support, but other than condemning the attack, Putin has not made any major ...

Israel’s strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities have alarmed none more than Russia, the country that first brought nuclear ...