Although this was the first direct conversation between Putin and al-Sharaa, the interim Syrian leader had previously engaged ...

The son of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad posted about his family’s final days in Damascus before the rebel takeover ...

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In a series of posts on an X account attributed to her, Syria’s former first lady Asma al-Assad wished the Syrian people ...

Moscow helped keep al-Assad in power when it intervened militarily in Syria’s war in 2015, launching devastating air strikes on rebel-held areas. When rebels swept into Damascus in December ...

Yet in December 2024, Assad was unexpectedly swept away by a mélange of rebel groups. The refuge extended to Assad by Moscow ...

It’s also a sign that Moscow is improving its relationship with new rulers of Syria, whose arch enemy Assad survived the Syrian civil war thanks to Russia’s unwavering support and is currently ...

Russia is hoping to retain the use of naval and air bases in Syria under the leadership that took power after Assad fled to Moscow following 13 years of civil war in which Russian troops had ...

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has spoken to Syria’s new leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, the first such top-level contact since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad MOSCOW -- Russia's ...