The rapid downfall of Syrian leader Bashar Assad has touched off a new round of delicate geopolitical maneuvering between ...

Russia used the air base in Hmeimim and naval base at Tartus to support Bashar al-Assad in Syria’s 13-year civil war. But now ...

President Bashar al Assad has left office and Syria after giving orders for there to be a peaceful transfer of power, says ...

Ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad says he had no plans to leave the country after the fall of Damascus a week ago but the ...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad flew out of Damascus for an unknown destination on Sunday, as rebels said they had ...

Russia would like, if it can ... who had been imprisoned while Bashar al-Assad was in power and found outside Damascus earlier this week, was handed over to U.S. forces by Syrian opposition ...

The Rebel Group aiming to topple President Bashar al-Assad have stunned his regime and foreign governments alike with the ...

Russia was not involved in the talks surrounding ... the news emerged showed families ransacking presidential palaces in Damascus, with some taking selfies in the grand settings, as thousands ...

Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Monday it was up to Syrians to determine their own future and called for an "inclusive" ...

DAMASCUS -- Former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad released on Monday his first public statement since leaving Damascus on ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Russia has evacuated at least 400 soldiers from the Damascus region in recent days in co-ordination with ...

Russia has evacuated some staff from its diplomatic missions in Damascus, as well as personnel from the embassies of Belarus, ...