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 ...

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

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

By lifting sanctions against Syria, US President Donald Trump removed some Russian companies, banks, and individuals from ...

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

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

Assad, is the first prominent figure from the Assad family to be arrested since Islamist-led forces toppled the government on ...

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

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