Russia castigated Syria's new leaders in a closed United Nations briefing this week, two sources briefed on the meeting told ...

Fourteen years after Syria's civil war began, the nation's new Islamist government faces sectarian conflict on four fronts.

The bases may stay in exchange for diplomatic backing and money from Russia, which has been deeply involved in Syria's ...

Russia's air base at Hmeimim in Syria is sheltering about 9,000 people seeking refuge from a wave of sectarian violence, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday. Hmeimim is one ...

Israel is rethinking its Syria strategy following the country's Islamist takeover in December, rising attacks on minorities ...

Some of the Syrians who sought sanctuary at a Russian air base from sectarian killings are trickling home to devastated ...

US forces working with Iraqi intelligence and security services killed a high-profile leader of the Islamic State in an ...

We’re all one Syrian people.” Scores of people gathered Friday outside the main Russian air base in Syria near Jableh to ask ...

He repeated pleas for Washington to lift sanctions imposed in the Assad era. He also held out the prospect of restoring relations with Moscow, Assad's backer throughout the war, which is trying to ...

He repeated pleas for Washington to lift sanctions imposed in the Assad era. He also held out the prospect of restoring relations with Moscow, Assad's backer throughout the war, which is trying to ...

Russia on Friday called for "de-escalation" in Syria after dozens were killed in some of the worst violence since Bashar al-Assad's fall. Moscow was ready to "coordinate efforts closely with foreign ...

He wants to renegotiate the generous Assad-era 49-year lease for Tartous and an indefinite lease for Hmeimim to secure better terms, but doesn't appear to want Moscow shut out altogether.