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 ...

The Alwaites, who primarily live in Syria's coastal regions, particularly in the provinces of Latakia and Tartus, are ...

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

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

No, but the latest updates to the Syria sanction lists did remove a Russian oligarch and affiliated businesses for presumably ...

A panel of experts investigating and documenting crimes committed by the old regime share their experiences of working in the ...

The oligarch is the former head of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) and President of Kalmykia Republic, and had been sanctioned since 2015 for support for the former Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad.

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

Israel is the undisputed regional Strong Horse. That is not to shortchange the U.S. contribution. With just 75 precision-guided munitions, ...

By bna Cairo Bureau US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on June 30 formally ending US sanctions on Syria, ...

It’s judgment day in the Senate. Republicans are hoping to have a final vote soon on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, their ...

Russia, Iran and Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group, which provided crucial support to Assad throughout the uprising, abandoned him as they reeled from other conflicts.