Losing Syrian military bases would hurt the Kremlin’s attempts to project power in the Middle East and Africa.

Syria's new government has been facing new challenges with unrest emerging in certain regions amid a growing number of ...

In an hourlong televised meeting with his top military brass, Vladimir Putin left Syria unmentioned and made it clear that ...

A vessel delivering oil for Russia was detained by Finland authorities on Thursday in connection with an undersea cable ...

The transfer marks the end of an era when Russia played an arguably oversized role in determining which countries could ...

The Tartous naval base is its only Mediterranean repair and resupply hub, and Hmeimim is a major staging post for military ...

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 ...

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

The collapse of the seemingly all-powerful Assad regime shows how fragile dictatorships are.

The Russian military sites in Syria include a naval port on the Mediterranean Sea to berth submarines and an airfield to ...

Acting decisively now can undermine Russia’s and Iran’s positions in the Middle East and strengthen U.S. and European ...

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